What makes something ugly?
Mark Cryan wrote: It is beautiful, like something from a flash gordon science fiction set. Except it is all real steel and marble. Very Deco, and quite stunning. Read full topic
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marilove wrote: I do not think late 80's/early 90's fashion will EVER be considered beautiful and romantic! Read full topic
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chgoliz wrote: And yet, one of my favorite public buildings in the world is Battersea Power Station I worked a few blocks away in 1984, shortly after it had been decommissioned. Absolutely massive...
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chgoliz wrote: fist bump Should have finished reading the thread before adding my comment about BPS! Read full topic
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chgoliz wrote: Aesthetically I find that building to be really interesting. As someone who grew up knowing Cabrini Green and the Robert Taylor Homes, however, I understand where the ugliness really is...
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Shane_Simmons wrote: I live about 8 miles from this thing: There's a Slate article on this particular campus trend: www.slate.com Were Brutalist Buildings on College Campuses Really Designed to Thwart...
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daneel wrote: Trellick Tower is actually really popular now, apparently. Like the Barbican. I actually kinda like Brutalist architecture. Edit: and I just learned that it was designed by a Mr...
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Pete Baston wrote: Thinking also how Battersea plant affected the neighborhood around it andwhat sort of design 'improvements ' as proposed after she closed similar tothe Ferme Werke plant in Vienna...
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Jeremy Erwin wrote: the second photo makes it appear that the building (faner hall?) is an obstacle to students who might need to pass from one half of the campus to the next. Ugliness on another...
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Drew_Gehringer wrote: I think it might actually just be some kind of public art piece or architectural leftover from before the MAX was installed, those don't look like they're actually connected to...
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chgoliz wrote: Interesting...thanks for the link! Pete_Baston said: The best use of closed US plants in cities I have seen is to use the shellas a brewery . You mean like this? Goose Island Brewery...
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Jonathan Badger wrote: He’s got no use for elaborate glass paperweights, loathes taxidermy and all Victorian hobbies that attempt to capture and catalog nature, finds tattoos tacky, and has no...
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Michaela R Brown wrote: Personally, I don't feel that visuals/aesthetic have a lot to do with the definition of "ugly", because I hardly ever use the word in that sense. As a writer, a certain word...
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Shane_Simmons wrote: On the other side of it is this lovely woods full of walkways. But that's exactly what it looks like when you approach it. Read full topic
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Drew_Gehringer wrote: jhbadger said: And what the hell is wrong with Tiki bars? Arguably they're kinda racist, presenting 'polynesian' culture that's really mostly just American adaptions of East...
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Jason Andresen wrote: So they're racist in the same way Irish Pubs are? Or Mexican restaurants? That's some weaksauce outrage fodder IMHO. It's really hard to capture a nuanced yet distinctive...
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Drew_Gehringer wrote: At least Irish Pubs or Mexican restaurants often have Irish people or Mexican people working at or evne owning them. And come on, you can at least kinda see how copying another...
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Charlie wrote: That is spectacularly ugly. If I had to live there I would almost certainly either go mad or figure out a way to destroy it. Purely functional systems often have an austere beauty. When...
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chgoliz wrote: Drew_G said: imagine how even the more reasonable christians would react if non-christian people started using crucifixes as tacky wall decorations , made cheesy christian-themed...
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