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What a perfect thing to use in a Transformers movie!!!
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I love 'em all!!! Perfect locations to shoot sci-fi movies & TV. O0
Quote from: mirth on April 30, 2015, 11:59:57 AM
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I suspect Frank Loyd Wright would've like it :-\
no, no he wouldnt have liked it at all.
I dunno...flat rectangular hanging slabs...maybe he was a Commie ^-^
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Im not about to spend a week explaining why you're wrong.
Uh oh. Someone's got his argyles in a bunch.
>:D
That most hated Soviet style was used in many countries, not just commie ones. The derogatory term is brutalism.
FLW was not about that.
so many people have no real sense of the aesthetic.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on April 30, 2015, 09:10:51 PM
so many people have no real sense of the aesthetic.
They do when they look at a 20 yr old female.
Quote from: Mr. Bigglesworth on April 30, 2015, 07:50:36 PM
That most hated Soviet style was used in many countries, not just commie ones. The derogatory term is brutalism.
FLW was not about that.
I like it. Reminds me of Expo '67. My parents took me to it when I was 3.
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Quote from: Centurion40 on May 01, 2015, 07:05:44 AMReminds me of Expo '67. My parents took me to it when I was 3.
That's cool! Mine hadn't met yet ;)
Well, I am a demi-geezer.
Quote from: mirth on April 30, 2015, 11:59:57 AM
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It looks to me like a Soviet attempt to create a building that looked like a dude with a boob job.
Looks like an expansion bridge support. :P
It looks like they stacked a bunch of shipping containers on top of each other to make low cost housing. Which ironically enough is happening here in the US of A now.
Stalin had the Palace of Science and Culture built in the middle of Warsaw. The running joke amongst the Poles was that you simply had to go up to the observation deck as it offered the best view of the city in that it was the only place you could go where you didn't have to look at the Palace of Science and Culture.
I actually don't think it's a bad looking building at all.
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Quote from: Silent Disapproval Robot on May 01, 2015, 07:07:48 PM
Stalin had the Palace of Science and Culture built in the middle of Warsaw. The running joke amongst the Poles was that you simply had to go up to the observation deck as it offered the best view of the city in that it was the only place you could go where you didn't have to look at the Palace of Science and Culture.
I actually don't think it's a bad looking building at all.
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Looks like something the 3rd Reich would have built after invading England and establishing a Vichy-style regime:
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its rather imperial looking and totally out of place within its surroundings.
theres a reason you cant build certain types and heights within central Paris as an example.
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 01, 2015, 07:16:12 PM
its rather imperial looking and totally out of place within its surroundings.
theres a reason you cant build certain types and heights within central Paris as an example.
You're just mad you haven't banged any chicks on the observation deck.
Quote from: LongBlade on May 01, 2015, 08:14:55 PM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on May 01, 2015, 07:16:12 PM
its rather imperial looking and totally out of place within its surroundings.
theres a reason you cant build certain types and heights within central Paris as an example.
You're just mad you haven't banged any chicks on the observation deck.
...That there's video of, anyway.