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[killaviews]

How about the Parillo Mansion in Chicago? This thing in Lincoln Park is massive. Reportedly worth $40million (pre-recession). Even the gravel was supposedly shipped in from France.


By Chicagogeek. http://www.flickr.com/photos/chicagogeek/3819277314/


By MACSURAk. http://www.flickr.com/photos/macsurak/3138817916/

And some of the neighbors:

By Brule Laker. http://www.flickr.com/photos/brulelaker/3103486456/

[The North One]

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[Hed Kandi]

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[wrab]

Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

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2140 N. Kenmore - Chicago, USA
http://www.melrosepartners.com/




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I live just a few blocks away from this project. It is a facedectomy of an older 19th-century brick structure, and the finishes are precast. Very nice precast. But precast nonetheless.

Underneath, there is a handsome Victorian or Edwardian-era brick & limestone townhouse.

Facedectomies like this are all over Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood.

[JManc]

i think any contemporary building that tastefully uses traditional styling cues should qualify. we are never going to build buildings exactly as we did a century ago because needs change. the nashville symphony hall reflects current desire for larger windows for example which allows for more natural light.

[Hed Kandi]

Sameba Holy Trinity Cathederal - Tbilisi, Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_Sameba_Cathedral


http://www.flickr.com/photos/fatboyke/2521589577/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/m_rubov/1231906461/

[trueviking]

im not sure what point is trying to be made in this thread....im assuming it is that new buildings can be modern and progressive even if they are historic pastiche....

i somehow dont think that religious architecture in third world countries is helping to pursuade me of the validity of the hypothesis.


btw....gaudi would roll over in his grave if he knew someone was lumping in sagrada familia in with the rest of these kitsch buildings....obviously whoever posted that has never seen it in person...its ideas are completley modern and forward thinking...it is a progressive and innovative building in every way...it is a landmark in the evolution of modern architecture that helped move architectural thinking away from the nostalgia of the past and into the creative age......every inch of it was created with a unique idea.....all these others are pure decorative replication...there isnt a single unique idea in any one of them.....it is blasphemous to consider them in any way equal.

gaudi rejected everything that you are celebtrating in this thread.

[slide_rule]

^you mean celebration florida isn't the architectural holy land, and robert a.m. stern isn't its messiah?

you're gonna get flamed for this...

sure you can make a building with the aesthetics of previous eras, but it'll cost you. just like those grandiose religious buildings and the midtown manhattan houses for wall st. robber barons. or we could build things that actually make sense.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by slide_rule

^you mean celebration florida isn't the architectural holy land, and robert a.m. stern isn't its messiah?

[Hed Kandi]

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[JManc]

Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

Qolsharif Mosque - Kazan, Russia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qolsharif_Mosque


http://www.flickr.com/photos/waltercallens/3990800466/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mordolff/3606948476/

Originally Posted by Hed Kandi

Have you failed to notice the glass doors and windows?

[Hed Kandi]

Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul - Prokhorovka, Russia

[CGII]

it's been long established that this is not a place for coherent, well rounded architectural theory, but rather as a place to post buildings that ascribe to a certain, arbitrary personal taste regarding decoration regardless of craft, construction, or value of ideas.

[CGII]

Please explain to me one aspect of that building that is 'traditional' and why it bears mentioning here.

[trueviking]

la.la.la.i.like.mosques.la.la.la.i.cant.hear.you.

[nouveau_Mauvilla]

The OP actually just wants all things ornate. Regardless of style, correctness, scale, function, cost, setting, how they work with people, etc.

A building doesn't have to have ridiculous, over the top decoration to be a beautiful building. Plus, decoration shouldn't be the priority- which it obviously is to you, Hed Kandi.

Why is it that you find contemporary buildings true to their style simply horrendous?

[RLS_rls]

^I think he's on a strictly "don't answer" policy.

[Nowhereman1280]

I'm so tempted to post a picture of 860-880 LSD in here an be like "look! Traditional American architecture!" since we are now in the post-modern era, post-modern buildings are actually contemporary which Modern buildings would technically be a traditional style. For example, if someone built a Misean black box today, people would think it looks old and dated from the 60's or something.

[Hed Kandi]

Sarasawati Mandir - Pilani, India