Category Archives: Architecture

Eyesore of the Month: The Ordos Museum

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Designed by the firm MAD Architects (pausing so you can snicker) the Ordos Art & City Museum, located in Inner Mongolia, China, is blobitecture at its finest. Or should I say, at it’s “finest.” It resembles nothing so much … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged blobitecture, China, Inner Mongolia, modern global capitalism, Ordos | 12 Comments

Gaudi and the Perfection of the Gothic Style

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: First let us begin with a video. This shows via clever CGI what remains to be built of Catalan architect Antonin Gaudi’s signature building, the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família in Barcelona, Spain, under … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: An old schoolhouse in Midland, Michigan, now used as an archive. Source. Click on the image to enlarge. Related Me on brick, PR on corrugated metal.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged brick, Michigan, schoolhouse, traditionalism | 3 Comments

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Bayeux Cathedral, France. Source. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Bayeux, cathedrals, France, medieval architecture, medieval history, Romanesque, traditionalism | 1 Comment

Antoni Gaudi’s Analog Computer

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Sir Barken Hyena

Sir Barken Hyena writes: Here’s something amazing about Gaudi’s design methods. Take a look at this: The Catalan architect used “a scale model to calculate structures: for the church of the Colònia Güell, he built a 1:10 scale model with … Continue reading →

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Architecture Du Jour

Posted on April 26, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: University Library KU, Leuven, Belgium. During WWII the building and all of its books burned down. It was rebuilt according to the original design. Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Belgium, Leuven, library, neo-Flemish Renaissance style, traditionalism, university | 1 Comment

Architecture Du Jour

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Kizhi Church, Russia Click on the image to enlarge.

Posted in Architecture | Tagged Russia, traditionalism | 1 Comment

Quote Du Jour: Joan Didion on J. Paul Getty

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: In a way [J. Paul Getty] seems to have wanted only to do something no one else could or would do. In his posthumous book, As I See It, he advises us that he never wanted “one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture | Tagged architecture critics, fuck you money, Getty Villa, J. Paul Getty, Joan Didion, museum, philanthropy | 2 Comments

A Day at the Bowers Museum

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Although I’ve lived within 10 minutes of it for almost a decade, it was only within the past month that I finally made it over to Orange County’s Bowers Museum, an art and cultural history institution located in … Continue reading →