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[Wraith]

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Only white cats? Dark guy in a black cloak here! AND NO, I AM NOT AND REFUSE TO BE ONE OF (((THOSE))) PEOPLE.

 

[Schauma mal]

Bad architecture contribution: Sea slug house (??) not sure if real

 

[neverendingmidi]

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Of course the interior looks like a pediatricians office waiting room designed by a blind moron. Why would you want to make the interior of your school spaces look like crappy medical building interiors? Of course rainbow colored, because these are the future creative professionals, not mindless trendriding drones.

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I got those images from ArchDaily.com, which is apparently where shitty architecture is worshiped. Everything single thing they post is horrific, without fail, without exception.

Oh god. That link leads to hilarity.

Because who doesn’t want unfinished plywood walls that will both spread dust and splinters as you’re cooking?

 

[Cast Iron Pan]

Bad architecture contribution: Sea slug house (??) not sure if real

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It's real:

Kunsthaus Graz - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

And its made all the more appalling by the timeless beauty of the neighborhood its been shat out on.

Here's another work by the same architect, Peter Cook:

Here is his design for Media Circle Towers in Tel Aviv (thankfully unrealized):

He's married to Yael Reisner, who also creates childish abominations to plop down in the midst of otherwise beautiful locales:

I think I might hate architects and "artists" almost as much as I hate journalists.

 

[Schauma mal]

It's real:

Kunsthaus Graz - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I've heard horror stories about Kunsthaus Graz but I didn't know it was this monstrosity The Museum of Modern Art in Vienna Looks equally... charming

Here's something to cleanse our palates. A glimpse of what little is left of old Vienna

 

[Cast Iron Pan]

I've heard horror stories about Kunsthaus Graz but I didn't know it was this monstrosity The Museum of Modern Art in Vienna Looks equally... charming
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Here's something to cleanse our palates. A glimpse of what little is left of old Vienna

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Meanwhile in Hungary the opposite has been taking place, from gags to riches:

Somehow this photo was adjacent to this in archive:

 

[J45 Hamwich]

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7 & 9

 

[neverendingmidi]

Have some pretty architecture

I loved wandering around Balboa Park when I was in San Diego.

 

[GHTD]

 

[Witthel]

 

[DumbDude42]

 

[Schauma mal]

 

[Wraith]

How I deal with challengers:

 

[LordofTendons]

 

[Sundae]

 

[Witthel]

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

 

[Schauma mal]

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

After all those architectural abominations, I searched for a solution. Fortunately I found one.