Favourite architecture

[Mirc]

More pics would be very nice Mirc I have seen many beautiful images from Romania.

Great! Here are some more then.

Let's begin with some castles:

Peles, Sinaia, retreat of the Romanian royal family:

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Citadel of Sighisoara:
(UNESCO world heritage site, medieval citadel still inhabited, with all castles, towers, churches, houses, etc being at centuries old; also, birthplace of the real Dracula)

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Castelul Huniazilor:

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Iasi (Jassy in English), Palace of Culture:

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Pelisor Castle:

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I'll post some churches/cathedrals/monasteries later.

 

[scherbchen]

yikes. Huniazilor is very purdy, especially with the looming sky behind it in the first pic. I'll take one, please.

 

[Mirc]

yikes. Huniazilor is very purdy, especially with the looming sky behind it in the first pic. I'll take one, please.

Glad you like it.

BTW, I'm not sure how to call it in English. In Romanian "huniazilor" means "belonging to the Hunyadi [family]", so the word doesn't make much sense on its own... I guess the most correct form would be the Hunyad Castle or Castle of the Hunyadis.

A few religious buildings I promised in the other post coming right up, just waiting because internet is kinda slow and I don't want to post any possibly dead link.

 

[Godwynn]

Straight out of the Gilded Age:

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Yes, I believe those are all houses, not office buildings.

 

[Mirc]

A few religious buildings I promised in the other post coming right up, just waiting because internet is kinda slow and I don't want to post any possibly dead link.

Here:

Let's begin with the Orthodox Cathedral of Timisoara:

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LARGE PIC!
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2522157.jpg

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Inside:

Cluj Orthodox Cathedral:

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And Cluj Catholic Cathedral, for comparison:

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Biserica Neagra (the Black Church), Brasov, Protestant style:

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Some monasteries (again some of them are UNESCO world heritages):

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Painted monasteries of northern Moldova:
(original exterior paintings still standing from the middle ages!)

Voronet:

Sucevita:

Putna (not painted, just beautiful IMHO):

And out of that region, some wooden churches from Maramures (also UNESCO WHS):
Barsana monastery (the only one of which I have decent pics):

And for something a little different, the Russian Church in Bucharest:

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Random:

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[scherbchen]

having seen some pictures of Romanian girls I now, objectively and on a completely unrelated note, conclude that Romanian architecture is superior. heck, I speak one and a half Romance languages, how difficult can one more be?

 

[Annex]

Now for some other denominations:

Florence Cathedral (Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore)

St. Paul's, London

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice

As seen in the work of Canaletto

 

[Mirc]

having seen some pictures of Romanian girls I now, objectively and on a completely unrelated note, conclude that Romanian architecture is superior. heck, I speak one and a half Romance languages, how difficult can one more be?

With Spanish and the developed vocabulary of English which is of Romance origin, you'll have a much easier time than almost anyone. Hey, you can even get by in German in some places central/western Romania! (although less so since the middle-late XXth century since some 95% of the German population moved to Germany/Austria).

For example, I posted pictures from a place called Brasov, but the city's original name was Kronstadt. And also from Cluj, whose other name (not original here I'm afraid) is Klausenburg. And also from Sibiu, aka Hermannstadt. Or Sighisoara, aka Schäßburg . And the first castle was built by a king of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen.

 

[Perfection]

Another one:

 

[Phlegmak]

Also, what are castle churches?

There are an enormous number of churches in the US that look like miniature castles. Two of the nicer ones are Trinity church in Manhattan and St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

These are Trinity Church.

 

[Godwynn]

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Der Kölner Dom [The Cologne Cathedral]

 

[Kyriakos]

I had once modelled the Kolner Dome

Some more buildings from Greece:

The Acropolis

The St Demetrios of Thessalonike

 

[Whomp]

Though Chicago is well known for its great architects and architecture I believe the most significant is our landscape architecture which remains the public's playground.

In 1909, Daniel Burnham completed work on a document with the unassuming title “Plan of Chicago” that remains the most effective example of large-scale urban planning America has ever seen. Assisted by the young city planner Edward H. Bennett, he laid out the shorefront of Lake Michigan, quadrupling the amount of parkland and thus insuring that the lakefront would forever be public open space. He created the Magnificent Mile, the double-decker roadway of Wacker Drive, and the recreational Navy Pier, which extends into Lake Michigan. Envisioning Chicago as the anchor of an enormous region, he drafted a rough outline of highways to connect the city to the places around it. Quite simply, Burnham determined the shape of modern Chicago.

The network of parks, boulevards, piers, and lagoons have kept the area in public hands for a century is the plan’s enduring legacy. It forms a startling contrast to the elevated highways and industrial buildings that have come to obstruct the waterfronts of most other American cities.

Notice no buildings are on the lakefront but a series of parks, beaches, lagoons, zoos, bike paths, bird sanctuaries and harbors. Only one private building is east of Lake Shore Drive.

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This plan continues to extend north to Evanston and south to Indiana.

 

[aronnax]

God I hate the Shanghai skyline.

Romania is so pretty..... Must visit... Must buy plane ticket...

The only few buildings in Singapore I really like are the National Museum, the National Library and CHIJMES:

 

[bestbrian]

There are an enormous number of churches in the US that look like miniature castles. Two of the nicer ones are Trinity church in Manhattan and St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan.

These are Trinity Church.

Thanks for doing our home town justice, Phlegmak.

Can you find and post a shot of the Grand Central Ceiling? I can't, and that would be an awesome thing to share. TTFN.

 

[Japanrocks12]

all by the same guy. Anyone know?

 

[Annex]

Antoni Gaudí. His work reminds me of Decapodian architecture (Zoidberg's people)

 

[Tenochtitlan]

 

[Phlegmak]

Thanks for doing our home town justice, Phlegmak.

Can you find and post a shot of the Grand Central Ceiling? I can't, and that would be an awesome thing to share. TTFN.

It's hard to find good images of it.

http://www.bakerlite.co.uk/pics/New York/grand-central-station.jpg

Full view of ceiling. 180 degrees image.
http://newyorkpanorama.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/2007-01-GCS-hall-top-600.jpg

180 degree image of a wall.
http://newyorkpanorama.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/2007-01-GCS-hall-sides-600.jpg

From 1941.
http://www.photosofoldamerica.com/webart/large/151.JPG

Gigantic image of a portion of the ceiling.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2277018327_d7306baab6_o.jpg

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[Phlegmak]

Part of Grand Central Station is shown in this clip from Baraka starting at around 4:24 and ends at around 5:00.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa_VUrys0j8