Just Architecture

[shakahislop]

it's not permanent though. it has that air of a temporary thing that feels natural and normal by this point because it's been going on for so long there's nothing left to say and hardly any point in complaining. but whatever happens next will take place within the built environment that's been created by the current era. buildings last a long time.

 

[wg-]

Adjacent enough to warrant it probably

43 Abandoned Places Around the World That Are Eerily Beautiful

It's OK to be awed and creeped out at the same time.

www.cntraveller.com

I lived round the corner from the Crystal Palace subway but never went, seems like a wasted opportunity now

 

[Clinamenic]

after 45 years, christo and jeanne-claude's monumental 'mastaba' will be built

rising 150 meters (almost 500 feet), christo and jeanne-claude's monumental 'mastaba' will be built from a mosaic of colorful steel barrels.

www.designboom.com

 

[Clinamenic]

 

[IdleRich]

In Bristol, never knew about this Brutalist concrete cathedral



Entering felt like we were on our way to see a European film on the South Bank








Note the metal modernist candlestick on the left



There's loads of other brutalist stuff in Bristol. @william_kent will be pleased to learn that during my visit I made my friend purchase a collection of the first half of the Alms To Oblivion series.