Heroin is my favourite architect

But in all seriousness.. Gaudi's work doesn't appeal to me in the slightest. I like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe quite a bit.

Oh and Frank Lloyd Wrights Wingspread building impresses me for some reason.

what's his name, the one they call the forefather of modern architecture, le corbusier

also ray eames had some good ideas

and the Arts and Crafts movement - did William Morris the wallpaper guy ever design any buildings? there are buildings from that time that are lovely though

if i get a digicam for chrissy (here's hoping), i'll show you one of my very favourite buildings in melbourne. i drive past it nearly everyday, a work of majestic simplicity...

i think i just like anything that's unusual. which might be an immature way of approaching architecture. but i'm just so impressed that these unique creation are being built.

*creations

the latobe campus building with the genius sign on it on the corner of latrobe st. and elizabeth st. look up at the roof line, thers a little block just sitting on the corner of it......... it would make an ideal apartment...

i always stare at this when i wait for the tram........

i can go with that yokes. smaller works of art aren't bound by the same engineering issues, i think that's why unusual buildings catch our eye and fascinate us

you might like a guy called frank gehry

i do

here it is yokes, my favourite melbourne building for months now, taken with my new best ever chrissy gift:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2650/img0210mv7.jpg

I don't beleive that building even exists.. It's like a hallmark card

whoa - is that csiro preston?

420 st kilda road

i just love it

which part of preston has 28 story buildings and, leaves and no bomber jackets again?????

It's like a Pink Floyd album cover or something.

I'm thinking Tubular Bells HH

The Alan Parsons Project

these are real unadulterated pics i took today

how can you find fault with it? it's so not even there

um, chats can find fault with anything

Where were those 'take nothing' houses in again...?

oh all the best stuff came later, it really warmed up as it went along

they were in sweden or somewhere else up north i think - i can't recall the name, vetch or something, frustrating, i want to know more!

first time i've learned about Levittown too

wow, so many amazing ideas.

Anyone recommend a good place (or 2) to get books on architecture? Australian architecture in particular.

There is a place on the corner / or near the corner of Little Bourke and Exhibition that specialises in architecture books.

JunkiePhil = Legend.

No probs, I walk past it nearly every day.
Never been in.
Looks nice though.

Real sorry PG, I walked past it last night, and it's not on that corner at all, it's Flinders lane & Exhibition st.
Sorry, hope you didn't already go have a gander.
It's actualy on the corner too, easy to find.

I love Gaudi too. My favorite Architect is Peter Zumthor, oh my i love his stuff, i got to met him too! And scarpa is up there dont forget Carlo Scarpa - hes not even qualified!

Here is some Zumthor stuff, so fucking good:

one more:

It's nearly here kids!!!!!

what is that all about juicetown?

It's me site!

Stay tuned should have it up properly in a few weeks.

is it some kind of organisation? wha?

how ugly is the new sydney uni building on city road, who the fkn hell designed that?!??! must have been some international student who can't speak english has now connection to the local lanscape who did it all on CAD back in the 80's and its only been approved last year to build, good work sydney uni!

*no connection

http://www.dezeen.com/2008/11/18/clay-fields-by-riches-hawley-mikhail/#more-20672

i like these little guys more of these, less of Delfin and their brother houses

test your architecture knowledge here

fun fun fun.