[YondertheMonger]

This is a thread dedicated too architecture.Let's kick things off with a tribute to the one of best artists in history who had some interesting takes on architecture.

"In the 19th Century our cities began to lose the character of cultural centers and became simply human settlements.
When Munich was a city of 60,000, it wanted to be one of the major German centers of culture. Today nearly every industrial city claims this honor, usually without being able to show any significant accomplishments of its own. They are nothing more than collections of houses and apartment buildings. How can such an insignificant place have any appeal? No one will have particular loyalty to a city that lacks any individuality at all, that avoids anything resembling art.

Even the big cities are becoming poorer in real works of art even as they increase in population.

The modern era has done nothing to increase the cultural level of our big cities. All the glory and treasures of our cities are the inheritance of the past."

Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf





The point was valid in 1920,
The point is valid in 2024
Lets discuss the built environment being a political medium that indicates the health of a society. 

[YondertheMonger]

"In the 19th Century our cities began to lose the character of cultural centers and became simply human settlements.
When Munich was a city of 60,000, it wanted to be one of the major German centers of culture. Today nearly every industrial city claims this honor, usually without being able to show any significant accomplishments of its own. They are nothing more than collections of houses and apartment buildings. How can such an insignificant place have any appeal? No one will have particular loyalty to a city that lacks any individuality at all, that avoids anything resembling art.

Even the big cities are becoming poorer in real works of art even as they increase in population.

The modern era has done nothing to increase the cultural level of our big cities. All the glory and treasures of our cities are the inheritance of the past."

Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf





The point was valid in 1920,
The point is valid in 2024
Lets discuss the built environment being a political medium that indicates the health of a society..

  Feel free to post any piece of architecture you find interesting

[Dobrogost]

Great idea for a thread.

Personally, I like different forms of Polish architecture. It feels delightfully native to the Roman Catholic parts of Eastern Europe, where it complements the beautiful scenery.

Here are some examples that I selected:

1. The Basilica of the Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary in Chełm:



2. The Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec:



3. The Cistercian Monastery in Henryków:



4. The Collegiate Church of Saint Martin in Opatów:



5. The Basilica of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary in Czerwińsk:



6. The Cistercian Abbey in Jędrzejów:



7. The Radziwiłł Palace in Nieśwież (Belarus):



8. The Old Castle in Niedzica:



9. The Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus in Kraków:



10. The Cistercian Abbey in Sulejów:



Plus a fitting quote by H.P. Lovecraft:

Our modern worship of empty ideals is ludicrous. What does the condition of the rabble matter? All we need do is to keep it as quiet as we can. What is more important, is to perpetuate those things of beauty which are of real value because involving actual sense-impressions rather than vapid theories. "Equality" is a joke -- but a great abbey or cathedral, covered with moss, is a poignant reality. If it is for us to safeguard and preserve the conditions which produce great abbeys, and palaces, and picturesque walled town, and vivid sky-lines of steeples and domes, and luxurious tapestries, and fascinating books, paintings and statuary, and colossal organs and noble music, and dramatic deeds on embattled fields -- these are all there is of life: take them away and we have nothing which a man of taste or spirit would care to live for. Take them away and our poets have nothing to sing -- our dreamers have nothing to dream about. The blood of a million men is well shed in producing one glorious legend which thrills posterity and it is not at all important why it was shed.

[ToynbeeHistory]

You forgot Mesopotamian architecture!





The Ziggurat of Ur




Reconstruction of the Entemananki Ziggurat (the inspiration for or the actual Tower of Babel)



Reconstruction of the Ancient Assyrian Capital, Nineveh

[GreyMan]

Our house isn't much but it's home.

Here's a pic of my wife greeting me home from work

[crusty]

Plus a fitting quote by H.P. Lovecraft:

Our modern worship of empty ideals is ludicrous. What does the condition of the rabble matter? All we need do is to keep it as quiet as we can. What is more important, is to perpetuate those things of beauty which are of real value because involving actual sense-impressions rather than vapid theories. "Equality" is a joke -- but a great abbey or cathedral, covered with moss, is a poignant reality. If it is for us to safeguard and preserve the conditions which produce great abbeys, and palaces, and picturesque walled town, and vivid sky-lines of steeples and domes, and luxurious tapestries, and fascinating books, paintings and statuary, and colossal organs and noble music, and dramatic deeds on embattled fields -- these are all there is of life: take them away and we have nothing which a man of taste or spirit would care to live for. Take them away and our poets have nothing to sing -- our dreamers have nothing to dream about. The blood of a million men is well shed in producing one glorious legend which thrills posterity and it is not at all important why it was shed.

Thanks for sharing that great quote from Lovecraft! I've never felt very inspired by a modern office building or a split-level house, but mossy rocks in an old wall? That's what dreams are, certainly.

I was arguing with a guy the other day about the virtue of old plaster in historic houses. Sure it's wobbly, rarely square, uneven, crumbly, and patched, but it's got a history and handiwork, it's got presence that drywall will never have. He said the best thing to do is just rip it all out and put in drywall. I told him if you want to live in a drywall box, buy a new house, don't tear out the fabric of an old home.

[YondertheMonger]

Great idea for a thread.

Personally, I like different forms of Polish architecture. It feels delightfully native to the Roman Catholic parts of Eastern Europe, where it complements the beautiful scenery.

Here are some examples that I selected:

1. The Basilica of the Birth of the Holy Virgin Mary in Chełm:



2. The Benedictine Abbey in Tyniec:



3. The Cistercian Monastery in Henryków:



4. The Collegiate Church of Saint Martin in Opatów:



5. The Basilica of the Annunciation of the Holy Virgin Mary in Czerwińsk:



6. The Cistercian Abbey in Jędrzejów:



7. The Radziwiłł Palace in Nieśwież (Belarus):



8. The Old Castle in Niedzica:



9. The Archcathedral Basilica of Saint Stanislaus and Saint Wenceslaus in Kraków:



10. The Cistercian Abbey in Sulejów:



Plus a fitting quote by H.P. Lovecraft:

Our modern worship of empty ideals is ludicrous. What does the condition of the rabble matter? All we need do is to keep it as quiet as we can. What is more important, is to perpetuate those things of beauty which are of real value because involving actual sense-impressions rather than vapid theories. "Equality" is a joke -- but a great abbey or cathedral, covered with moss, is a poignant reality. If it is for us to safeguard and preserve the conditions which produce great abbeys, and palaces, and picturesque walled town, and vivid sky-lines of steeples and domes, and luxurious tapestries, and fascinating books, paintings and statuary, and colossal organs and noble music, and dramatic deeds on embattled fields -- these are all there is of life: take them away and we have nothing which a man of taste or spirit would care to live for. Take them away and our poets have nothing to sing -- our dreamers have nothing to dream about. The blood of a million men is well shed in producing one glorious legend which thrills posterity and it is not at all important why it was shed.

Never thought I'd see a Lovecraft quote on an architecture thread, who knew that he had such insight on what it means for a city to flourish?
Its a shame he didn't give more critiques about the pitfalls facing modern architecture from a cultural standpoint.


Those well adorned cathedrals you've posted from Poland were the result of a different design criteria too a time when ecclesiastical architecture fueled by faith led to men discovering new ways to adorn their Churches in the service too the lord.

Unlike modern contemporary architecture which is the result of  a series of construction deals funded by hebraic usury from big banks, designed by subversive architects taught by (((merchant))) controlled academia which yields in either hazardously fabricated amalgamations of glass, cement and steel or uninspiring buildings with very little attention too detail past symbols meant to spiritually cripple us.

[Dobrogost]

Some recommended DS reading in this topic:

I. Toyota’s Corolla Manga Series Sadly Demonstrates the Devolution of Human Society

II. The Death of Beauty is the End of Meaning

III. Trump Vows Beautification Program to Destroy All of These Ugly Buildings Everywhere and Bring Joyfulness

Continuing with the thread, here's a few paintings of Warsaw from the 18th century by Canaletto the Younger (I also managed to find corresponding contemporary photos). Some of the buildings were reconstructed after WWII and Canaletto's paintings were used as a reference.

1. A View of Warsaw from Praga (with the Royal Castle and the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist):




Note: One new addition visible in the background is the Palace of Culture (formerly known as Joseph Stalin's Palace of Culture and Science), which seems to be based on the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria.

2. The Visitationist Church in Warsaw:





3. The Wilanów Palace as seen from the garden: 





4. The Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw:





5. The New Town Market Square with the Saint Casimir Church:





6. The Carmelite Church in Warsaw (now known as the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of Saint Joseph):





7. The Cracow Suburb as seen from the Cracow Gate (with Sigismund's Column):





Plus the statue of King Sigismund III holding a cross and a sword on top of Sigismund's Column (detail):

[RockyD]

I've always been into art deco. It's peak Americana.

https://ibb.co/D9HhFKF

Images aren't working for me

[YondertheMonger]

Some recommended DS reading in this topic:

I. Toyota’s Corolla Manga Series Sadly Demonstrates the Devolution of Human Society

II. The Death of Beauty is the End of Meaning

III. Trump Vows Beautification Program to Destroy All of These Ugly Buildings Everywhere and Bring Joyfulness

Continuing with the thread, here's a few paintings of Warsaw from the 18th century by Canaletto the Younger (I also managed to find corresponding contemporary photos). Some of the buildings were reconstructed after WWII and Canaletto's paintings were used as a reference.

1. A View of Warsaw from Praga (with the Royal Castle and the Archcathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist):




Note: One new addition visible in the background is the Palace of Culture (formerly known as Joseph Stalin's Palace of Culture and Science), which seems to be based on the ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria.

2. The Visitationist Church in Warsaw:





3. The Wilanów Palace as seen from the garden: 





4. The Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw:





5. The New Town Market Square with the Saint Casimir Church:





6. The Carmelite Church in Warsaw (now known as the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary and of Saint Joseph):





7. The Cracow Suburb as seen from the Cracow Gate (with Sigismund's Column):





Plus the statue of King Sigismund III holding a cross and a sword on top of Sigismund's Column (detail):

Tell me more about this library of alexandria inspired cultural palace.

[egregor]

Our house isn't much but it's home.

Here's a pic of my wife greeting me home from work

all the best! male heirs!

[egregor]

sofia:


sofia, brutalism edition:


tarnovo:


tarnovo:


plovdiv:


plovdiv:


plovdiv:

[greaman]

Great thread. I love me some art deco, but it is getting late, maybe il post some cool buildings later.

Also a fan of furniture from that era as well as MCM. My house looks like a throwback to a diff era in the inside, its all MCM and waterfall(art deco) style old school american furnishings(and a few european things). It surprises people when I let them in. I may be a little thuggish, but im not uncultured (or a fag... I think cap merica has a man crush on me tho.. I got my own personal hater, its cute). Most people these days dont appreciate nothing. Im only here once, I like having nice things. Most of the stuff I saved from unappreciative kids who didnt like grandpas "old junk". Stuff is better built to usually compare to the crap you can get now. Makes no sense to blow money on chinese junk that will never have any value and that you could never resell.

[Slerk]

[YondertheMonger]

You've become your mother. All weak males that have not faced and forgiven their mothers have the spirit of a woman. You're a reaction seeker based off your incessant obsession with getting people to post against the hyperbolic bait you post. Forgive your mother.

[Dobrogost]

I've always been into art deco. It's peak Americana.

Judging by the faces on the sculptures, it's AI-generated.

Tell me more about this library of alexandria inspired cultural palace.

The Palace of Culture is a relatively modern building, constructed by the Soviets in the 1950s during the Stalinist era in Poland. It is actually a skyscraper, and is only called a palace. 

Its architectural style is usually referred to as socialist classicism, which itself is rooted in the so-called socialist realism. That style is often perceived as a variation of art deco. For a few decades, it was very popular in the Soviet Union and later also throughout the entire Soviet bloc (particularly during Stalin's reign).

The right in Poland isn't generally fond of the Palace of Culture, as it is associated with the period of Soviet domination in the country, and there have been numerous calls to demolish the building after the fall of communism. I would be against demolishing it, because: first, it is part of Polish history, and second, it is not that bad of a building, especially when compared to modern architectural monstrosities.

The Palace of Culture:



For comparison, here's a hotel building in the same style in Moscow:



And below is a graphical representation of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, i.e., the Alexandrian Pharos:

tarnovo:

I like it, it is the reconstructed cathedral of the Bulgarian Patriarchate from the early era of the restoration of statehood. The previous patriarchal seat is believed to have been in Preslav. I believe it is for this reason that both of these cities are now officially designated great (i.e., Veliki Preslav and Veliko Tarnovo, respectively).

Here is something related which I think will fit well in this thread, an artistic representation of Tsar Simeon's court in the capital city of Preslav (from Alfons Mucha's Slavonic Epic):

Well, there is no beauty without ugliness. 

Although the so-called Wailing Wall at the end doesn't really fit with the rest, because it is the remnants of an ancient Roman fortress.

[YondertheMonger]

Our house isn't much but it's home.

Here's a pic of my wife greeting me home from work

Nonsense, thats actually very representative of your wife's tribe and their native architecture

[RockyD]

Judging by the faces on the sculptures, it's AI-generated.

Yes it is.

Some people like to make racist ai generated masterpieces. I like to fuck around with buildings.

[YondertheMonger]

Judging by the faces on the sculptures, it's AI-generated.

Yes it is.

Some people like to make racist ai generated masterpieces. I like to fuck around with buildings.

Post some more racist ai generated masterpieces.

[Rex Sapientiae]

Just wanted to say that everything is genetic, idea people are a cope (revisited this after listening to Joseph Bronski). An interesting example of this is Sagrada Familia. 



You san see that this is something like Gothic mixed with a degenerate candle-stick-type sui generis (original) style. Yes, it's novel or whatever, but it is evidence of mutational load in the architect himself.




Antoni Gaudi looks mixed. That's why his magnum opus is mixed. Compare this to the Cathedral of Cologne. 




It was overseen by the master mason Meister Gerard. Because this was 1248, we probably don't have a painting of him, but he looked roughly like this.



Everything sucks nowadays because of mutational load. Bronski doesn't think that gene editing/embryo selection will fix everything, probably because the retards would use it to lord over the dark elves. In reality, we just need good, old-fashioned good breeding and allopatric speciation.