Every now and then, we hear about funny architectural fails where lack of taste meets poor aesthetics and greets atrocious execution. Check out our previous features with such examples here, here, and here.
Each block is differently coloured along the internal face of the bay windows of the hostel in bright colours to create an identity.
Hôtel Le Belleval, built circa 1870, retains its typically Haussmannien style with stone façade, framed windows and balconies. Lobby with seating unit: Below the glass “bubble” chandelier by Gallotti&Radice is a four-part, 1870s couch found at a flea market and reupholstered in leather. On the outside, Hôtel Le Belleval, in Paris’s eighth arrondissement, appears to…
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The facade of a building is the first clue that tells us that structure has something special to offer. A cool facade is the representation of the
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Concrete and its malleable (yes malleable) properties, give us countless opportunities for creative expression. Without further ado, here is our selection of concrete facades, as captivating
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xavier delory has envisioned le corbusier's church of firminy in france in a state of ruination, its light concrete façade concealed behind a layer of soot.
Historic shopfronts add character inviting customers in to browse the wares on offer. We love vintage shopfronts.
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Window typologies We were interested in architecture. But what you call "architecture" is probably designed architecture, and we were both interested in that difference. The principle "form follows...
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Image 15 of 22 from gallery of Shortlist Announced for the World Architecture Festival Awards 2014. National Australia Bank, 700 Bourke St, Melbourne / Woods Bagot. Image Courtesy of World Architecture Festival
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On show at MAKK in Cologne, the large photographs of Markus Brunetti are shot from an uncompromising frontal perspective to enhance the grandeur of the objects and show the way the artist interprets, configures, and works on them.
The National Drama Theatre in Vilnius has black-robed, gold-faced muses symbolising Drama, Tragedy and Comedy on its facade.
Architecture is meant to fulfill both practical and expressive requirements, and thus it serves both utilitarian and aesthetic purposes. When you look at a structure, you can distinguish these two ends but they cannot be separated, and the relative weight each of them carry can vary widely. Plus, every society has its own, unique relationship to the natural world and its architecture usually reflects that as well, allowing people from other places to learn about their environment, as well as history, ceremonies, artistic sensibility, and many aspects of daily life.
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AI-generated images from Manas Bhatia's AI x Future Cities series examine the viability of sustainable infrastructure in the wake of the world's rapid urbanization. The architect and designer envisions a sustainable utopian city of the future with imposing skyscrapers covered in facades made of algae.
