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2012-11-28 09:31 29432998 Anonymous (kuriplabridge.jpg 1647x1082 610kB)
The built environment is technology. ITT we post exceptional architectural or engineering constructions from our area or country.
Pic related, Kurilpa Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, the largest tensegristy structure in the world.
1 min later 29433009 Anonymous
>>29432998
What is special about this for us retards?
2 min later 29433027 Anonymous (1331023327154.jpg 318x294 15kB)
>>29432998
Largest randomly odd structure ever in the world
typical Australians
>>mfw I'm a new zealander and we abuse per capita like its going out of fashion
2 min later 29433028 Anonymous
Brisbane is such a horrible ugly place, and that bridge is no exception.
3 min later 29433037 Anonymous
>>29433009
It's employs an unusal contruction method.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity
3 min later 29433038 Anonymous
>>29433009
Just look at the damn thing, the engineer probably throttled the artist for being a cunt.
It's a chucklefuck of cables, magic and magnets.
4 min later 29433056 Anonymous
Disgusting. Why can Brisbane not do anything right? Shitty backwards cattle town.
4 min later 29433057 Anonymous
mfw I work in the Santos Building (The building with yellowish facade to the left).
I have to see this monstrosity every single day.
5 min later 29433069 Anonymous
>Australians in charge of cable management
5 min later 29433071 Anonymous
>>29433038
>>29433037
So is there any utilitarian use for this building style or is it just an art thing?
6 min later 29433084 Anonymous
>>29433071
Just another type of suspension bridge, really.
I wonder how much they had to compensate for in cable stretch to retain tension.
6 min later 29433088 Anonymous (Bridge_to_Russky_Island.jpg 700x467 110kB)
Not from Vladivostok but this is an exceptional bridge. Come on folks, you can't all live in the boondocks, show us what you got.
7 min later 29433099 Anonymous (142389-123-flinders-st-adelaide.jpg 650x366 59kB)
>>29433071
Stupid art bullshit.
Just like this ugly as fuck new building they want build here in Adelaide.
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/plan-for-citys-tallest-building/
8 min later 29433104 Anonymous
>>29433088
See, this is what a fucking bridge should look like.
11/10 engineering would walk the dinosaur across
9 min later 29433111 Anonymous
>>29433099
That's worse than the stupid building we have by the docks in auckland. Designed to look like a boat or some silly shit.
9 min later 29433118 Anonymous
>>29433099
oh god, why.
9 min later 29433123 Anonymous
>>29433099
Brisbane is already pig disgusting, adding a shit bridge doesn't change anything. Adding that to Adelaide does spoil the view. But nobody actually foes to Adelaide so it doesn't matter too much.
Still, get it together Australia.
12 min later 29433156 Anonymous
>>29433104
The thing that makes it funny is there's almost nothing on the other side.
12 min later 29433162 Anonymous (cityhall.jpg 444x350 107kB)
My local city hall, one of the few architectural gems around here.
14 min later 29433184 Anonymous (c40c5c53d5e2243a90aa61f942bceed4.jpg 468x365 29kB)
17 min later 29433212 Anonymous (j-edgar-hoover-building.jpg 1800x1200 745kB)
Now this here is a marvel of Brutalist Architecture.
It makes me sick how people can think ANY of these
>>29433184
>>29433099
>>29432998
Piles of garbage could be considered good architecture.
Contemporary style is and always will be garbage. If you MUST be modern, at least be neo-modern.
18 min later 29433222 Anonymous
>>29433162
Calgary has a nice tower even if it is a bit farther away.
19 min later 29433231 Anonymous
>>29433162
Cubist mosque.
21 min later 29433258 Anonymous
>>29432998
Wow, that thing is ugly.
>>29433184
This "erect" building really "stands" out from the rest. Is it made of "wood"?
21 min later 29433260 Anonymous (8035416710_139b7799f3_c.jpg 800x530 371kB)
>Perth in charge of art
21 min later 29433265 Anonymous
>>29433184
I assume that's supposed to look like a butt-plug?
23 min later 29433283 Anonymous
>>29433260
Australia can't into art since Pro-Hart died.
Now a bunch of morons think shit like this and >>29433099 is 'art'
Anyone who disagrees with them is an 'oldie' who'll 'be dead soon'
23 min later 29433288 Anonymous
>>29433265
Yes, it's the city of London's butt-plug. If you were to remove it you would see the city of London's butt.
25 min later 29433306 Anonymous
>>29433283
That thing in Perth might have looked less shitty if it was surrounded by tall modern skyscrapers, but with the old train station at the back its just full retard.
25 min later 29433307 Anonymous
>>29433260
But I like it
27 min later 29433326 Anonymous (1348117217001.jpg 396x403 34kB)
>>29433099
>plan-for-citys-tallest-building
>about 20 stories
27 min later 29433330 Anonymous (SFMOMA%20ExteriorPhoto.jpg 596x429 57kB)
near where i live
28 min later 29433336 Anonymous
>>29433330
Is that thing a wubwubniggabass subwoofer?
30 min later 29433354 Anonymous
>>29433260
I liked the entertainment center back when it looked like a squashed beer can, at least it was australian. now its a fucking joke.
30 min later 29433358 Anonymous
>>29433330
>San Fran
>not posting transamerica pyramid
31 min later 29433368 Anonymous
>>29433260
Is that supposed to be something?
31 min later 29433372 Anonymous
>>29433212
I love that shit. It just seems so strong and commanding.
32 min later 29433374 Anonymous (1136896_e954cc4a[1].jpg 640x480 112kB)
u jel?
32 min later 29433378 Anonymous
>>29433368
2DEEP4U
32 min later 29433380 Anonymous (state bank.jpg 248x380 41kB)
>>29433326
39 Stories.
Our current largest building is 31.
Our current largest building is also a symbol of financial failure and ruin - It's was built as the headquarters to the State Bank of South Australia and completed shortly before the banks collapse and the states brush with bankruptcy due to it.
That building, along with it's sister Datacentre in Findon are primary causes of State Bank's failure.
33 min later 29433391 Anonymous
>>29433260
I think i'd get a migraine and have an epilepsy attack if i saw that in real life.
34 min later 29433407 Anonymous
>>29433374
What am I looking at?
35 min later 29433414 Anonymous
>>29433407
The soup kitchen in my town.
37 min later 29433441 Anonymous
>>29433358
I actually prefer the pyramid, I even prefer the older architecture of the piers and stuff. I thought the goal of this thread was to pick the most retarded looking builds near where you live.
38 min later 29433457 Anonymous
>>29433414
Is it the largest soup kitchen in the world or something?
38 min later 29433459 Anonymous
>>29433391
Contrasted is boosted, highlights are crushed and it's got a vignette effect going on. It looks nowhere near as "poppy" in real life.
39 min later 29433463 Anonymous
>>29432998
Cargo Bridge Extreme Edition.jpg
39 min later 29433468 Anonymous
>>29433457
One of the smaller ones in northern england.
39 min later 29433472 Anonymous
>>29433380
>Adelaide
Mah nigga. Which suburb? I live at Flinders.
40 min later 29433477 Anonymous
>>29433441
>most retarded
Or exceptional. I guess everyone just though OP bridge was retarded.
40 min later 29433482 Anonymous
>>29433468
lel
41 min later 29433487 Anonymous
>>29433459
It's that plus the effect that it's standing up with no support and shit's hovering everywhere and it shouldn't be stable.
It's destroys my mind.
43 min later 29433509 Anonymous (1289009134213.jpg 400x300 19kB)
>>29433487
>standing up with no support
44 min later 29433524 Anonymous
>>29433487
http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/western-australia/m-sculpture-erected-in-forrest-place/story-e6frg15
c-1226116992649
44 min later 29433525 Anonymous
>>29433509
Obviously it goes into the ground where it meets the surface but, it does look like it is unsupported and clearly imbalanced.
44 min later 29433527 Anonymous (Federation_Concert_Hall.jpg 3516x2148 1109kB)
Shitty Architecture General?
Shitty Architecture General.
45 min later 29433538 Anonymous (Menzies Centre.jpg 1280x853 153kB)
>>29433527
Another one from the same city.
47 min later 29433564 Anonymous (Puerta-de-Europa-Towers-5.jpg 650x433 197kB)
>>29433525
>clearly imbalanced
Eh, these are what I'd call looking unbalanced.
48 min later 29433579 IHrdULikEmacs (pipelin1.gif 2841x1566 2587kB)
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System 800miles long built from 1974-1977 it brought many people to Alaska who at the time needed jobs,
49 min later 29433588 Anonymous (768253-arena[1].jpg 650x366 51kB)
Perth operates on another level
50 min later 29433596 Anonymous
>>29433588
That's actually pretty smart.
51 min later 29433613 Anonymous
>>29433588
Reminds me of Optimus Prime
51 min later 29433617 Anonymous (thor-I-like-it.jpg 378x363 73kB)
>>29433588
52 min later 29433636 Anonymous (iz8p53DWF0VBc.jpg 2155x1616 968kB)
Both objects related
1 hours later 29433728 Anonymous
You guys actually like the new Perth building ? I got to see the inside when I went to matchbox20 its nice but still a retarded looking building, It looks like someone crossed a beer can and said viola !
1 hours later 29433732 Anonymous
>>29433636
The one in the forground is from Virginia.
1 hours later 29433742 Anonymous (pastedGraphic.jpg 448x301 60kB)
Tosco Refinery, 10 minutes from where I live.
A real triumph of technology.
1 hours later 29433753 Anonymous
>>29433728
It looks cool enough. I wouldn't be disappointed if it was in my city.
1 hours later 29433771 Anonymous
>>29433742
looks like something I'd see in gaymes. 8/10
1 hours later 29433775 Anonymous
>>29433728
>Matchbox Twenty
how bogan can you get
1 hours later 29433787 Anonymous
>>29433775
he probably drives a VL turbo
1 hours later 29433799 Anonymous (25646316.jpg 512x640 56kB)
Here's a SWEET footbridge near me.
1 hours later 29433810 Anonymous
>>29433775
>>29433787
I don't like box20, and am to blind to drive. Just went for the girlfriend.
1 hours later 29433815 Anonymous
>>29433787
dose it cunt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK5BzS7r1dk
1 hours later 29433819 Anonymous
>>29433787
fuck off mate, i drive a VE with a supercharged v8 and im not a bogan
1 hours later 29433834 IHurdULikEmacs
>>29433810
what is your eyeglass prescription?
1 hours later 29433845 Anonymous
>>29433815
What a horrible remix of a good song
1 hours later 29433856 Anonymous
>>29433834
Can't wear glasses.
Vision is 6/21 both eyes with a stigma.
1 hours later 29433876 IHurdULikEmacs (69461_1709484015684_7131914_n.jpg 540x720 62kB)
>>29433856
I got a friend who is -17.25 left -16.5 right and he drives
1 hours later 29434351 Anonymous (Samuel_Beckett_Bridge.jpg 1024x683 134kB)
2 hours later 29434455 Anonymous
>>29434351
That's a nifty suspension bridge design.
2 hours later 29434459 Anonymous (Augarten_Flakturm_Wien2008a.jpg 2004x2652 1490kB)
2 hours later 29434495 Anonymous (Vancouver_Public_Library_Vancouver_British_Columbia.jpg 1600x1200 385kB)
Vancouver Public Library is pretty cool.
2 hours later 29434503 Anonymous (vancouver-public-library-wedding-23.jpg 760x563 204kB)
>>29434495
Don't know why there's a wedding, but here's the inside before the library itself.
2 hours later 29434507 Anonymous
>>29433876
HOLY FUCK
2 hours later 29434509 Anonymous (7-6-05_theodore_water_tower.jpg 300x400 34kB)
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1lEkqNfkVHq
2 hours later 29434903 Anonymous (columbus-city-hall.jpg 550x380 37kB)
The City Hall in Columbus, Indiana.
2 hours later 29434955 Anonymous
>>29434903
A church in the same city
2 hours later 29434958 Anonymous (cid_1145708284_P7310186.jpg 1000x742 122kB)
>>29434955
2 hours later 29434972 Anonymous (derotterdam.jpg 1024x683 341kB)
De Rotterdam by Rem Koolhaas, named after the city of Rotterdam, under construction. Biggest building in the country when it comes to floorspace. Erasmus Bridge right next to it.
2 hours later 29434983 Anonymous
>>29434958
"Here in Columbus, we send our prayers straight to God. With a giant laser."
2 hours later 29435002 Anonymous (derotterdam2.jpg 1200x900 249kB)
>>29434972
another picture by daylight
3 hours later 29435027 Anonymous
When did this get built? I went to the city not too long ago and didn't notice it.
3 hours later 29435053 Anonymous (Georgia Aquarium.jpg 3648x2736 1801kB)
Largest aquarium in the world.
3 hours later 29435066 Anonymous
>>29435027
Construction started somewhere around the end of 2009 / begin 2010
3 hours later 29435073 Anonymous (Beaubourg_nuit.jpg 1119x518 303kB)
French master race. Dumping a few.
3 hours later 29435079 Anonymous (1406-musee-du-quai-branly.jpg 500x350 38kB)
3 hours later 29435081 Anonymous (IN_IMG_0302_Columbus_First_Baptist_Church.jpg 1024x683 104kB)
>>29434958
Here is another church
3 hours later 29435097 Anonymous (Cite-de-la-mode-et-du-design.jpg 900x600 71kB)
3 hours later 29435104 Anonymous (3227523446_44042a7380.jpg 500x333 152kB)
3 hours later 29435111 Anonymous
>>29435002
Fuck I love suspension bridges.
3 hours later 29435114 Anonymous (158_3_145623.jpg 600x401 150kB)
Captcha: elitoha building
3 hours later 29435125 Anonymous (156572735_fc0e19a508.jpg 500x333 117kB)
3 hours later 29435153 Anonymous (hoan-bridge.jpg 1936x2592 1679kB)
>>29432998
i dig your tensegrity.
very few people know who R. Buckminster Fuller is.
here's my "famous" structure, the Hoan Bridge.
3 hours later 29435160 Anonymous (Grandarche.jpg 492x320 43kB)
3 hours later 29435166 Anonymous (paris-region-cnit-defense-arche-big.jpg 1120x741 484kB)
3 hours later 29435172 Anonymous (1277719759-cnit-defense.jpg 800x534 146kB)
3 hours later 29435181 Anonymous
>>29435166
La Defense is slowly becoming Europe's most impressive skyline.
3 hours later 29435187 Anonymous
>>29433162
illuminati/10
3 hours later 29435194 Anonymous
Should have posted some info
>>29435073 is Centre Pompidou, Paris
>>29435079 Musée du Quai Branly, Paris
>>29435097 Cité de la mode et du design, Paris
>>29435104 Pyramide du Louvre, Paris
>>29435114 Viaduc de Millau
>>29435125 Viaduc de Millau
>>29435160 La Défense, Paris
>>29435166 La Défense, Paris
>>29435172 CNIT, Paris
3 hours later 29435204 Anonymous
>>29435181
True. Frankfurt is quite impressive too though.
3 hours later 29435213 Anonymous
>>29433184
Most alpha building in the world. Women who work there get pregnant within one month due to the testosterone.
3 hours later 29435245 Anonymous
>>29435153
people periodically jump off it. also it's ridiculously high up for just being a highway bridge.
Last year a woman's car broke down near the apex. She got out and was standing by her car when it was hit and she got thrown over the edge...and drowned.
3 hours later 29435259 Anonymous (4018927902_9fe2226269_z.jpg 427x640 119kB)
Brutalism.
Not my work, flickr link included for credit.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/klaasfotocollectie/4018927902/
3 hours later 29435266 Anonymous (4018165601_793da8121f_z.jpg 427x640 85kB)
>>29435259
One more.
3 hours later 29435323 Anonymous (250px-Burj_Khalifa_building[1].jpg 250x375 10kB)
so i heare /g/ likes buildings
3 hours later 29435330 Anonymous (15694133[1].jpg 400x300 23kB)
>>29435323
3 hours later 29435344 Anonymous
>tfw you got to tour the new honeywell building.
to bad I couldn't bring my camera.
3 hours later 29435346 Anonymous (Burj_Al_Arab_3[1].jpg 1200x900 126kB)
>>29435330
>>29435323
nice skydick
3 hours later 29435398 Anonymous (bnf-01.jpg 800x536 106kB)
3 hours later 29435412 Anonymous (la-geode.jpg 733x728 359kB)
La Géode, Paris
>>29435398 is BNF, Paris
3 hours later 29435420 Anonymous (la-maison-de-la-radio-paris.jpg 600x444 60kB)
Maison de la radio, Paris
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