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I love cities with hidden courtyards. I know Spanish colonial has a lot of this, but Paris (not sure the style) does too. I'm not saying it's the direction we should move in regarding efficiency nor climate proofing, but it's really nice to get a little semi-private outdoor space (they are often shared between several houses) and have windows that open up to it. It also creates a feeling of mystery, like you really need to get to know a city before it will open it's doors to you.
They are very nice but they can have their downsides especially if youβre trying to sleep and there are some loud people in the courtyard. Being very hungover and waking up to some one blasting mambo number 5 can sort of dampen the whole mystical side of the courtyard
Anything but brutalism.
Not exactly a style, but those conversation pit things need to come back.
Brutalism. The few brutalist buildings in my city are a welcome respite for the eyes against the blinged out crap they're building nowadays.
We have some here! Unfortunately, it's the Soviet style, "cold" brutalist architecture that feels quite hostile. I like the "warm" aesthetic like the DC Metro with the light playing across the waffle ceiling, and the warm, brown hexagonal tile underfoot. This picture appears to be artificially brightened:
Good brutalist architecture can take your breath away. Itβs so solid, so permanent, so delightfully uncompromising.
Art Nouveau. So much beauty, style and experimentation in only 20 years.
Art deco.
Use LotR to tell the difference. If it looks like it was made by the elves, it's art nouveau. It if looks like the dwarves cranked it out, it's art deco.
Squares are a dead give away for dwarves. Knife ears don't like square corners.
This is a really good comparison :)
Yes please. Fuck the white grey and black colour scheme of todays interiors.
I have a really big thing for 70s PNW homes done really, really well. The vaulted ceilings, open concept main areas with multiple levels, the sunken living rooms, the cedar used everywhereβ¦ just leave out the shag carpet and Iβll be A-OK.
I'm a sucker for that 60's retrofuturism. The sleek, clean, and curved design of it all with such an optimistic view of the future is such a satisfying and happy vibe
I do love the happy vibes of that, and googie! Both are cheerful aesthetics :)
Affordable Housing
Big beautiful brutalistic concrete block with some fucking space!
Art deco, full stop.
Brutalist
Gorgeous brutalist, not "let's cut corners and costs" Soviet brutalist, but Le Corbusier tier.
Renaissance exterior of building. Carvings in concrete. Stone block buildings. Gargoyles. Corner decorations on ceilings.
Any style older than 60 years that is not brutalism.
Things used to have decor before, we've moved to a functionality only infrastructure, it's always done in the cheapest way possible and it's sort of depressing
I'm reminded of this video about how changes to the construction industry starting in the '50s resulted in the loss of ornamentation in architecture
Mud huttingdon:
Affordable housing after the water wars
I fully expect that to make a comeback in the aftermath of the climate wars.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Mud walls are great insulators, and keep really cool during the intense summer heat
Art Deco and Art Nouveau both are great in my eyes. (Neo-)Gothic cathedrals and churches are also wonderful.
But one more regional thing: I really like the Brick Gothic style. It is robust against wear and tear and still looks great.
You can't go wrong with brick!
Prairie and Craftsman Bungalows. Unfortunately, I don't think that either is a particularly energy efficient design.
Yeah, art deco is definitely high on that list. Also brutalism. I especially love brutalist interiors.
Living in Germany I can't stand any more brutalism. It has become the "standard" because it's just the cheapest to leave the raw concrete exposed.
Fair enough, to each their own. Although brutalism is more than just exposed concrete, that is definitely the signature thing.
More often than not Brutalism is nowadays used as an excuse for minimizing cost here. While some of the pictures shown here can look appealing, the style just doesn't sit well with me considering how it is (mis)used here.
That's fair, taste is subjective and formed for lots of reasons, I'm not telling you you're wrong or anything.
Yeah I just don't want to come off as crapping on an art style for no reason.
Ah yes, the evil villain hideout style. Not a fan of it myself but it does have something cool about it.
Fair enough. I also love it for office buildings and such, like in this example from The Oldest House in Control, or Luthen's shop or Coruscant in Andor.
Absolutely gonna agree with OP. Art deco is absolutely amazing and 100% my pic.
Haussmanian , as in multi-story mixed use buildings : 6 or 7 floors. Bottom floor is for businesses. Top floor is subdivided in small but cheap one bedrooms. Built in an H, O or U footprint with a central courtyard for the whole building to share. Facade can have art nouveau architectural elements but whatever is cheap is good.
I want anything that isn't low effort, bland, inoffensive. I hate modern trend towards boring. I love everything that isn't landlord white.
I love this style of modern architecture from the late 1960s to early 1980s:
Brutalism and Art Deco, not together obviously, but +1000 points to Affordable Housing @supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz lol
Why not together? I can definitely see Brutalism exterior, Art Deco interior. I can slightly imagine some mutant fusion exterior but I'm no artist.
exterior interior ill grant you, mutant exterior... not enough drugs XD
Not yet.
Actual decoration instead of just cheap sheetrock and Metal fixtures.
Also houses for everyone
Idk about regular houses but I wish factories were still styled like they were in the Victorian era. There's a reason so many got converted into offices and apartments
Yeah, Victorian industrial is where it's at. Especially if it looks a bit run down and has faded lettering still barely visible on the bricks.
