Thorn Tree Forum Architecture Replies
epiphanie
Posted: 05 May 2005
10:31pm
The Quirkiest architecture in the USA?
Heyo ppls,
I'd like to know what places in America would be of most interest to me as a postmodern architecture buff... I'm also interested in natural sites such as gardens, etc... I will definitely be visiting Minneapolis' Frederic Weisman Art Museum, but haven't really had the time to do a lot more research! Any suggestions? If you aren't familiar with teh term 'postmodern', think combining two or more established styles to create something funky, eclectic and unconventional.
All the best,
Epiphanie
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Reality is the Wildest Fantasy, Baby!
AdamHenry
Posted: 05 May 2005
10:51pm
1.
Don't know if it's postmodern or not but the EMP building, or Experience Music Project in Seattle has got to be one of the most atrocious, ill-conceived, odes to egotism that exists. Everytime I catch a glimpse of that blight on the neighborhood that is the EMP I feel the urge to grab a billionaire around the throat and make him play nose guitar.
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Cereal Killer
travelteach
Posted: 06 May 2005
7:48am (NEW!)
2.
Yes..EMP can be an eyesore but it is also a Frank Gehry design who also has done projects all over the US and world. Google or Yahoo his name and you'll find a listing of his past and current projects...Should you be in Seattle, another of his works is reflected on Paul Allen's buildings near Safeco Field. I also happened by the MIT campus in Boston and saw his work there and though "quirky" or "different" or whatever you wish to call it, I kind of like it for the most part..I guess that tells you where I sometimes tend to come from...*L*
LamontCranston
Posted: 06 May 2005
8:26am (NEW!)
3.
Canyon De Chelly and some Wright Stuff.
Jude806
Posted: 06 May 2005
8:36am (NEW!)
4.
National Gallery of Art Here.
Oh and here.
Such a great museum too.
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Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year.
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Oaf
Posted: 06 May 2005
8:44am (NEW!)
5.
No. 3: Shadow, I don't believe F.L. Wright is postmodern, but maybe the definition is so loose as to let him slip over the transom.
Have a look at C. Y. Stevens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa. The acoustics are super, too.
Jude806
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:00am (NEW!)
6.
Don't forget about The Strip in Las Vegas, abundant with crazy bizarre out of place (in the middle of a desert!) buildings. Here, Here, and Here.
Walt Disney Concert Hall.
St Louis Arch. Love that.
-------------------------
We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year.
www.epitonic.com/radio
Jude806
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:17am (NEW!)
7.
Well I guess The Strip isn't post modern but.....
-------------------------
We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year.
www.epitonic.com/radio
AdamHenry
Posted: 06 May 2005
10:21am (NEW!)
8.
#2: I'm well aware of who Gehry is and I find all of his designs to be utter shite. I'm just not that into him.
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Cereal Killer
nixienox
Posted: 06 May 2005
11:33am (NEW!)
9.
topiary gardens in Columbus Ohio
Millenium Park Chicago
article which lists notable examples of post modern architecture
Willysnout
Posted: 06 May 2005
11:39am (NEW!)
10.
Try the art museum on the lakefront in Milwaukee. I don't know if it qualifies as "post modern," but it's definitely interesting and quirky. Some famous guy from Spain designed it, I believe. The place nearly went bankrupt because it cost so much to build.
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Truth in travel: First you've got to get the facts, then you've got to face the facts.
BlinxTwice
Posted: 06 May 2005
12:52pm (NEW!)
11.
Why, no visit to the US would be complete without a stop at the great basket building in Ohio.
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As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree," probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. -- Woody Allen
SusieGirl7
Posted: 06 May 2005
1:01pm (NEW!)
12.
I found this website. It seems like LA, Florida and Arizona have what you're looking for. Try the Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles for more info. It has lots of info, but tons of typos (for more on that, see my Amazon review of a prior edition).
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Suze
The Anti-Bush Lying King T-Shirts
cambridgtrav
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:01pm (NEW!)
13.
The Stata buildng at MIT by Frank Gehry is pretty interesting
windy
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:22pm (NEW!)
14.
I hated Gehry until I walked around inside the Disney Hall in LA; thought it was much more interesting up close. Still, I'd spring for a concert rather than waste time there during the day. The acoustics are supposed to be great.
There's a Calatrava bridge by Redding, CA.
And I still love the Architectonica buildings in Miami (made famous by Miami Vice)
JeffConn
Posted: 07 May 2005
7:06am (NEW!)
15.
Blinx, that just has to take the cake.
koteka
Posted: 07 May 2005
1:27pm (NEW!)
16.
There have been a couple of suggestions in or near Columbus, Ohio in this thread (including the Longaberger building), but Columbus also has 2 buildings designed by Peter Eisenman -- the Wexner Center for the Arts (www.wexarts.org) and the Greater Columbus Convention Center (www.columbusconventions.com). And Ohio Stadium has some fairly new football inspired stained glass panels that were installed as part of a renovation.
Posted: 05 May 2005
10:31pm
The Quirkiest architecture in the USA?
Heyo ppls,
I'd like to know what places in America would be of most interest to me as a postmodern architecture buff... I'm also interested in natural sites such as gardens, etc... I will definitely be visiting Minneapolis' Frederic Weisman Art Museum, but haven't really had the time to do a lot more research! Any suggestions? If you aren't familiar with teh term 'postmodern', think combining two or more established styles to create something funky, eclectic and unconventional.
All the best,
Epiphanie
-------------------------
Reality is the Wildest Fantasy, Baby!
AdamHenry
Posted: 05 May 2005
10:51pm
1.
Don't know if it's postmodern or not but the EMP building, or Experience Music Project in Seattle has got to be one of the most atrocious, ill-conceived, odes to egotism that exists. Everytime I catch a glimpse of that blight on the neighborhood that is the EMP I feel the urge to grab a billionaire around the throat and make him play nose guitar.
-------------------------
Cereal Killer
travelteach
Posted: 06 May 2005
7:48am (NEW!)
2.
Yes..EMP can be an eyesore but it is also a Frank Gehry design who also has done projects all over the US and world. Google or Yahoo his name and you'll find a listing of his past and current projects...Should you be in Seattle, another of his works is reflected on Paul Allen's buildings near Safeco Field. I also happened by the MIT campus in Boston and saw his work there and though "quirky" or "different" or whatever you wish to call it, I kind of like it for the most part..I guess that tells you where I sometimes tend to come from...*L*
LamontCranston
Posted: 06 May 2005
8:26am (NEW!)
3.
Canyon De Chelly and some Wright Stuff.
Jude806
Posted: 06 May 2005
8:36am (NEW!)
4.
National Gallery of Art Here.
Oh and here.
Such a great museum too.
-------------------------
We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year.
www.epitonic.com/radio
Oaf
Posted: 06 May 2005
8:44am (NEW!)
5.
No. 3: Shadow, I don't believe F.L. Wright is postmodern, but maybe the definition is so loose as to let him slip over the transom.
Have a look at C. Y. Stevens Auditorium in Ames, Iowa. The acoustics are super, too.
Jude806
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:00am (NEW!)
6.
Don't forget about The Strip in Las Vegas, abundant with crazy bizarre out of place (in the middle of a desert!) buildings. Here, Here, and Here.
Walt Disney Concert Hall.
St Louis Arch. Love that.
-------------------------
We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year.
www.epitonic.com/radio
Jude806
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:17am (NEW!)
7.
Well I guess The Strip isn't post modern but.....
-------------------------
We're just two lost souls,
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year.
www.epitonic.com/radio
AdamHenry
Posted: 06 May 2005
10:21am (NEW!)
8.
#2: I'm well aware of who Gehry is and I find all of his designs to be utter shite. I'm just not that into him.
-------------------------
Cereal Killer
nixienox
Posted: 06 May 2005
11:33am (NEW!)
9.
topiary gardens in Columbus Ohio
Millenium Park Chicago
article which lists notable examples of post modern architecture
Willysnout
Posted: 06 May 2005
11:39am (NEW!)
10.
Try the art museum on the lakefront in Milwaukee. I don't know if it qualifies as "post modern," but it's definitely interesting and quirky. Some famous guy from Spain designed it, I believe. The place nearly went bankrupt because it cost so much to build.
-------------------------
Truth in travel: First you've got to get the facts, then you've got to face the facts.
BlinxTwice
Posted: 06 May 2005
12:52pm (NEW!)
11.
Why, no visit to the US would be complete without a stop at the great basket building in Ohio.
-------------------------
As the poet said, "Only God can make a tree," probably because it's so hard to figure out how to get the bark on. -- Woody Allen
SusieGirl7
Posted: 06 May 2005
1:01pm (NEW!)
12.
I found this website. It seems like LA, Florida and Arizona have what you're looking for. Try the Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles for more info. It has lots of info, but tons of typos (for more on that, see my Amazon review of a prior edition).
-------------------------
Suze
The Anti-Bush Lying King T-Shirts
cambridgtrav
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:01pm (NEW!)
13.
The Stata buildng at MIT by Frank Gehry is pretty interesting
windy
Posted: 06 May 2005
9:22pm (NEW!)
14.
I hated Gehry until I walked around inside the Disney Hall in LA; thought it was much more interesting up close. Still, I'd spring for a concert rather than waste time there during the day. The acoustics are supposed to be great.
There's a Calatrava bridge by Redding, CA.
And I still love the Architectonica buildings in Miami (made famous by Miami Vice)
JeffConn
Posted: 07 May 2005
7:06am (NEW!)
15.
Blinx, that just has to take the cake.
koteka
Posted: 07 May 2005
1:27pm (NEW!)
16.
There have been a couple of suggestions in or near Columbus, Ohio in this thread (including the Longaberger building), but Columbus also has 2 buildings designed by Peter Eisenman -- the Wexner Center for the Arts (www.wexarts.org) and the Greater Columbus Convention Center (www.columbusconventions.com). And Ohio Stadium has some fairly new football inspired stained glass panels that were installed as part of a renovation.