Comments about architect

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procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Meltem Yilmaz: I think I am the only Turkish citizen who interests on Benny Farm although I never lived there. I did a research about the green-project for Benny Farm in 2006 under the supervision of a......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Rafael Moneo.: Entrance to the Audrey Jones Beck Building, an annex of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Designed by the architect Rafael Moneo. alert("hej!")...

in response to: Patterns by groovehouse

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

an_architect: well its a good thing most of people reporting "architecture hazzards" aren't architects...You know architecture doesn't just come and go...it stays for sometime...and designers work hard to show people how to consider the visual elements......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

David Strang: I've always been fascinated by this little funky building, and am delighted that it has been saved. New construction surrounding the building was inevitable and a necessary aspect of saving this little tower. ......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Jamie: This is awesome. Question though, as the architecture doesn't give too much away. Is this London or New York?...

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

CE: The first picture is why I love vernacular architecture so much, you can get such a feeling of place from it. When I first looked at the first picture, I forgot to look at......

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Jacob: Really, no-one? ok.. moscow! it might be better to put in nicest cities... because its skyline isnt huge... but a mix of tsarist, soviet, modern architecture is amazing. The old orthodox cathedrals infront of a soviet......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: The house in the second-last photo is not too bad looking for a recent construction, even though it is somewhat lacking in "soul". Perhaps the soul will be acquired over time, although the building rising......

in response to: 80% of Everything Ever Built in North America... by CE

sara: can i have some more about the african architecture ? especially the ethnical one......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

oevre: Remember Hutchinson in mainly four images....swimming pool in Summer near the grain elevator...high school with brilliant turquoise colored panels, architect was Californian, people said...the old old deep red brick junior high where my parents went......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Anshai: what are some characteristics of African Architecture?...

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

Ken : Cool lookin' building, the Art Deco style of the 1930's is one of my favorite forms of architecture., is there a public observation deck at the top?...

in response to: Montreal from the Aldred Building by CE

Ken : Beautiful pic of Tour de la Bourse, it's a fine example of 1960's architecture in Montreal along with Place Ville Marie & Habitat 67. You don't get cool looking buildings like these in Toronto, the CN......

in response to: Tour De La Bourse by Cinic

anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jack: actually they are tiny, they are only 2 inches tall, the smallest people in the world, they are used for train sets and architects building designs....

in response to: Across the Wintry Valley by jeeff

KTMTL: The architect, Moshe Safdie, was born in Israel but he grew up in Montreal. Habitat 67 was based his master's thesis at McGil.. [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Safdie]] ...

in response to: Habitat by jeeff

makearchitecture: John Vinci is the architect...

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: Judging from the looks of that building, I suspect "forever" might be pushing it. A shame, though. It looks pretty solidly built, and I would think a little TLC would put a fine piece of......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

Anonymous: Exactly what I was about to say, EvilGentleman. What possible advantage could revealing all this give to the "New World Order?" Wouldn't they want to keep it secret? If it was intentional, it......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Jorge: They are building a new bridge, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the most famous bridge architect... from Spain......

in response to: Toronto Island Airport Bridge by Cameo

jack: 123 people saw these 19 wonderful pic's and not one comment, my goodness what are we thinking here, i found each one a wonderland of memories, i worked and played on those very streets from......

in response to: DownTown by barry

Robert Moss: I hear that it's going to be turned into a hotel to open in February. They're going to have a nice restaurant inside as well. I'm just glad that they're allowing for some history to......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Carl: Yeah, gentrification is rampant in NYC, Bushwick is feeling it now. I don't mind new architecture if it's interesting. Unfortunately, many times, intricate architecture gets torn down and replaced with a rectangle. The irony of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Ah kan: exactly!! this is just an iconic, amazing, adorable piece of architecture!! the gherkin was built between 2001-2004! amazing errrr!!!!! ...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Peter: dangerduckie: if theyre in {cleveland} or {detroit}, it would be hard for them to qualify for the title of ##ugliest buildings in {new york}##, yeah? sure, {nyc} has more run-down and burned out places- it is,......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Shon B.: Nice views. Haven't spent real quality time in BK; maybe I'll start exploring it the next time I visit NYC. You should check out the neighborhoods and architecture here in Chicago....

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Márcio Barreto: [[img:22705]] I'm the architect, I created the Matrix (Matrix Reloaded). This is a "João de Barro" (furnarius rufus), or something like "Muddy John or John of clay"...this kind of bird is an architect and construct with......

in response to: São Paulo by Márcio Barreto

anon (207-170-204-36.static.twtelecom.net): Um, I've got to concurr with the comment above. The "Darth Vader Building" is the one on Fourth and Blanchard. Now, there is a connection. Both buildings were designed by the same......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

CE: The first half seem so wealthy to me because they look very much like the housing stock in parts of {Westmount} (and some of the wealthier areas of {NDG}) here in Montreal. These neighbourhoods......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

CE: It's too bad you didn't get to some of the more architecturally interesting stops. {Verdun}, {De La Savane}, {Vendôme}, {Villa-Maria}, and many other stops (especially outside of the older sections Downtown) are very beautiful......

in response to: Montreal Metro by serlingrod

Angebee: I live in one of these buildings. The architects won all sorts of awards for the fact that we have a "green" project. What people don't know is that the architects, engineers, contractors and sub-contractors......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

pennohara: One would have to be stupid to not notice this. I'm thinking the architect, for starters. If this is a joke on the part of the architect, it's in very bad taste. ......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

CartLegger: I don't really think that Brooklyn neeeds a Gehry. We need the life of our streets, not a pompous architectural tribute to corporate profit. His skills as an architect are without a doubt. But when......

in response to: CWRU Bldg by joey

EvilGentleman: And nt, maybe the building would seem a little nicer if it had working escalators. Whenever I look at it, I can't help but think about the damn escalators inside. And don't tell me, lemme......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

Kate Buchanan: I went there last friday. Its awesome. A really great blend of modern and old architecture....

in response to: britomart by starlajo

Jeanine : I just moved back to Colorado with my fiance. We are both into medevil art and when we saw the castle we both fell in love with it. I hope to be holding my wedding......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Osloman20plus: Thanks for the comment Jamie, the "tag-bundle" was not intentional, lol, I didn't remember how the tag-function actually worked.. Yeah I agree Norway is underrepresented. I'll try to remedy that somewhat, but unfortunately, I only......

in response to: On a Walk from Grunerløkka to St. Hanshaugen by Osloman20plus

oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

friend of the purple: know the hotel's architect by chance???? the MAPA or a similar org. could help avert demolition if its significance and value can be 'reinforced'....

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

Hijaz: Kuala Lumpur will be adding some supertalls(The 4 Seasons Place and Lot C) that will match and complement the Petronas Towers height and architecture in some years to come. Then hopefully the author will rank......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

maybetoday: I don't know much about the rest of Missouri's architecture. Because of St. Louis' role as a prominent hub for immigrants in the mid-nineteenth century to the early-twentieth century, its architecture is quite varied.......

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

Jamie: again. that last shot, were it not for the flamboyantly colonial building on the end this scene could easily be anywhere in {manchester} or {leeds}. Totally {English} architecture. Is much of St. Louis and Missouri......

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

colavitos ghost: brutalist architecture at its finest!...

in response to: De Maisonneuve and MacKay by CE

EvilGentleman: I am absolutely in love with this sort of remnant of days gone by. I always take shots of old ads and names that have been painted on the sides of brick buildings. It is......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

CE: serlingrod, you will be pleasantly surprised by the housing stock here. The only areas that I could compare to traditional Philly row housing (at least as far as I know it) is in the......

in response to: Eleven Random, Totally Unreleated Photos of Montreal Taken Over the Course of Approximately Six Months with Two Different Cameras by CE

upfromflames: [[http://www.brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/2005/05/architecture_10_1.php]] You can learn more about this building here. Apparently the owner wanted to tear it down and build a parking garage. grrrr ...

in response to: Housing Got You Down? Turn to History for Hope by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: The **why** would have to be art. The when, I have no clue. Frank, you seem to be artistically and architectually educated, any clue as to the name of it? And as far as the......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

CE: This is really interesting architecture. I've never seen houses like this. Do you know when they were built?...

in response to: Triple Deckers by hifilofi

CartLegger: to read more about its other incarnations, check out...http://www.nyc-architecture.com/CP/cp021.htm...

in response to: Columbus Circle Nocturne by CartLegger

JPK: I am in love with brutalism. I admire it in subway stations, and many buildings on campus. Have u seen wright's fallingwater? http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bios/02/historical_images/1972RobartsLibrary.jpg http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/InternationalTo.jpg...

in response to: Brutalism by Tyfoid Kid

m: missing tooth....ow..I just had an implant done. missing tooth architecture and dental work---both very expensive in the long run and not ever as good as what was destroyed.....

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Laura : Ooo I love the Church architecture theme- I've been inspired to shoot my own Big House :) ...

in response to: At Grace Church by little ukraine

forecastmazy: Yes, I heart New York most for architecture. If I had a time machine I'd just walk around the original Penn Station. ...

in response to: At Grace Church by little ukraine

little ukraine: wandered past this building tonight and got some info on it- it is the ottendorfer branch of the nypl. http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/otinfo.html "The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 as New York City's......

in response to: Anders Celsius by little ukraine

Jan-Post: Yes, these pictures reflect architect. But take another look. There are three pictures. Out of the three, which one appears to be out of place? The last picture (hunts), stands up start with dignity, pride,......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

jack: yes these are great finds and interesting. some of that architecture is from another world when our grandparents were not even born yet. i like the mail delivery, its true the mail will......

in response to: General Accident & Other Buildings in Philly by GGP

Paul: Somehow, I don't think that the Maypole Shopping Centre will be winning any architectural awards. I seem to recall a newsagents of some sort in there. My grandmother spent the last 5 or 6 years......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Bedstuy Brooklyn: First of all I personally feel that it was the neglect from Chicago's Housing Authority that Cabrini-Green became what has become today...if the city of Chicago would have done their jobs and kept up their......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

little ukraine: hello, jack's daughter, and welcome! congrats on the recent master's degree. we seem to share similar feelings for the library. as for my personal opinion, i think it would be best to......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

jack's daughter: I'd have to agree with you, Little Ukraine, that the Bobst Library at NYU is quite remarkable. The floor of the atrium is based on an Escher design, so if you spent some time......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

Mark: The sound mirrors feature heavily in various projects by art / music / film group Disinformation - the "Antiphony" double CD (packaging features sound mirror photos by Julian Hills from 1996) and "Antiphony Video Supplement"......

in response to: Sound Mirrors by elaine

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Interested: Hi JNJ, Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

steveperreira: I heard it on National Public Radio while in a dreamstate late at night. There I was, sleeping in the starlight illuminated loft of my own mini-version of Don Justo's Cathedral. It my......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

phoesing: Tonight I just heard on NPR that an Architect has donated his time free to help with the project. Oh and here is the location on Google Earth... 40°23'39.16"N 3°29'17.90"W cut and paste these......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Michelle: I am happy to have stumbled upon this chat. I live at 48 abell st. and am part of a newly formed residence group called Model48 that is fighting alongside Active 18 to keep......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

joey: escher-like; 'depicting imaginary metamorphoses, geometric distortions, and architectural impossibilities'....

in response to: Overpass Vs. Underpass by aer suzuki

Peter: those spiral staircases! so cool. they always get me. and yeah, i hate that 60s-style permastone architecture too. my grandma lives in a house like that, heh....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Charles Ma: What an incredible accomplishment from an inspiring human being. Weather or not the Cathedral will be finish is not too much my concern, I just truely hope the authorities won't demolish it afterward. It is......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

GGP: that is SO great! reminds me of some of the architecture at coney island....

in response to: The Walrus Edifice by aer suzuki

Katy: I don't like it myself. A.A. Gill puts the boots to this kind of architecture in this month's Vanity Fair. [[http://www.vanityfair.com/commentary/content/articles/060918roco02]] ...

in response to: Architectural Anomalies by Cameo

Nickle, Dime, Quarter: Thanks for explaining your point. I see where you are coming from. My favourite vantage point for the skyline is at the very end of the Leslie St. Spit (on the lighthouse hill). From there,......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

jeeff: indeed it is: [[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=101423]] it got 7th place at the 2005 emporis "best new" skyscraper award: [[http://awards.emporis.com/?nav=award2005nominees&lng=3]] regarding records: ##"The new tower, which has increased in width from 10 to nearly 15 metres, breaks no new architectural......

in response to: Architectural Anomalies by Cameo

EvilGentleman: LOL, with any luck, you will have a beautiful structure built that looks like an architectual marvel that perhaps houses a university or an art gallery, yet inside, is the world's most advanced recycling......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Stoner: As an architect, I find this man and his endeavor gripping. Whereas I may think that the simple structure of such a building is quite simple, mainly because it's a uniform design used in......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

colavitos ghost: hey man, i love this post. in my eyes it pretty accurately captures the essence of downtown cleveland. however, my understanding about the future of the cleveland trust tower doesn't quite synch up with yours.......

in response to: Jury Duty by procyon

irwin: Asheville is nice. The old architecture from the twenties is something to behold. I especially like the way they have kept the old because that city has seen a spike in population in the last......

in response to: Asheville Alleys by ea

colavitos ghost: i think it's awesome to see the word "prominent" misspelled in two different ways on the same day. also:"questionable"? come on jon---im pei, like him or not, is one of the most important (and recognizable)......

in response to: CWRU Bldg by joey

Lurv1: I like Graffiti. I,ve photographed it in different alley ways throughout the city. But when it starts showing up on historical buildiings I thinks that's wrong.Many of these architectural landmarks could be considered art in......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Sirhcbre: I have to find this. My old land lord (and roommate of sorts) would love this (being an architect and all)....

in response to: Precarious Perch by EvilGentleman

Tamara: Surely this a treasure... it's the only one left in the city. I love passing by and taking in the architecture. It would an awesome space to convert into something else, similar to the Distillery......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

Mark: I'm sorry, but I don't think Toronto should have made this list. Evilgentleman said some good things. There are newer cities than have seen and corrected the mistakes of the past to create some of......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

CJ: I buy most of those but would suggest Ottawa would beat out Yellowknife or Moncton. If you don't buy that then even HULL, seen from the Ottawa side of the river, is quite impressive. Next......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Peter: such minimal architecture!...

in response to: Home Sweet Home by EvilGentleman

zagg: i really like the architecture of the home....

in response to: Home Sweet Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Actually, the park they have across the street also has a chair theme that has been there for years, with the two sculptures closest to the on and off ramps for the ville marie expressway......

in response to: But Is It ART? by EvilGentleman

Peter: thats some imposing architecture! i like the shapes of the lamp on the left, the cell-repeater antennae on the bank roof and that shed/unit/thing. nice {urban form}s....

in response to: Wells Fargo Bank Third Floor Parking Garage by groovehouse

anon (ip68-97-53-138.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman's really not that bad. As far as OK towns are concerned, I do prefer Tulsa, but Norman has a lot more going for it than the pictures you posted. That building is......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jack: this is definitely an artists delight and an architects mathematical slant....

in response to: Shadowbox by sine

EvilGentleman: Or in plain English, they have no current ideas for new architectual styles, so they will play with patio furniture to distract us....

in response to: But Is It ART? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: On May 3, 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Norman recorded data from the world's fastest tornado, which passed a few miles NW of here. [[http://www.srh.noaa.gov/oun/storms/19990503/]] Guess it's not **always** boring in these......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Scootr: My wife and I had the fortune of discovering Bishop's Castle via some friends in Canon City last summer while we were traveling through Colorado on our motorcycles. With no formal education, I have to......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

elaine: haha. *architecture* cool. anyway, now i want that waterlily/whateveritis on those photographic floor tiles, imagine walking on that in your bathroom......

in response to: Election Day Holiday by chiamattt