#architectural fails

[hometoursandotherstuff]

If you need me, I'll be in the window room.

[effemar]

AND IF THAT'S ALL THAT I'M GONNA BE / WON'T YOU BREAK THE CHAIN WITH ME?

[kaiserouo]

Tired Ghost

[thewolfnessphotography]

Haidplatz

Regensburg. Germany

[remnantglow]

(some of) the vulture god crew from the final architecture books by adrian tchaikovsky 🚀

[lafaiette]

Gods I feel you I'm only 10 hours in after having received the game as a gift and I REALLY try to like it but it just ... doesn't feel like Dragon Age. Characters know stuff they shouldn't know about, the game keeps talking down to me, nothing I did in the previous games mattered, the tone is completely different, the mature storytelling of the previous games seems to be missing so far & what I heard so far of how the lore and the characters from previous games have been handled is honestly the worst part and breaks my heart. idk even if i wanna finish the game at this point anymore, I'm just kinda ... sad.

I'm so sad and disappointed, too, I remember our conversations, fics, and headcanons about DA! We were so excited and happy, because Inquisition, DA2, and DAO were genuinely well-made and aimed at pleasing the fans, despite their faults.

DATV is a good action game, no doubt about that. The combat is fun, there is a lot to explore and discover, and many locations are beautiful, even though some are terrible to navigate (Dock Town's structure makes no sense). But that's it - it's a good action game with the name "Dragon Age" pasted on it. It doesn't feel like it's part of the series, it constantly treats the player like an idiot, some references to past games and characters are literally hidden in the brief descriptions of the mementos, and there is even a Glossary to make sure the new players don't get frustrated.

Everything is safe and aseptic, cleaned of every deep piece of lore that could have scared new fans into buying or continuing the game. Even the banters lack the depth of the previous games.

A good game company should lure new players in not by rejecting their past entries, but by making them look even more interesting with their sequels.

Bioware wasn't afraid of offering piece of lore after piece of lore in Inquisition - it was a game set in a precise moment, whose prologue was directly tied to the events of the previous game, and new players had to accept this if they decided to buy it and play it. If they liked that premise, all that information and those details, then they were more than welcome - they were encouraged! - to go back, try the older games, and see how it had all started. It was a game made for the fans the company had already managed to win over, not for possible fans who may or may not bring new money in.

In DATV the new players can jump right in after quickly learning who Solas is and what he's trying to do, and old fans are left with an empty shell, with minor references that are supposed to make us feel happy and accomplished peppered here and there, while all our past choices and our favorite characters are forgotten or brought back with a terrible case of amnesia. It's lazy, infuriating, and very sad, and it smells of reboot, because the new devs probably realized they couldn't keep up with the amount of lore and choices the series contain, and they needed to start anew.

[bigcats-birds-and-books]

Replenishing the Nonfiction Stack; or, We're Calling the Book Buying Ban a Wash, Officially.

I am not, apparently, immune to coupons for niche nonfiction that's directly up my alley (octopus minds and RUSSIAN OWLS, hello??? Thanks, bookshop!).

I thought perhaps the BURGLAR'S GUIDE would also be covered under said coupon, since it was publisher-specific (alas: it was Not, but we might as well bundle for shipping purposes). And then while I was shopping IRL for gifties I found a copy of ROOM, which has been on my list for...ever? So! Hopefully these will hold me over on the nonfiction front for a minute!

[ai-nonsense]

Ever wanted to buy a house from IKEA?

[x-heesy]

Feng Shui Nightmare

No wonder that there in the first world are so many mental illness, lovers

Together but alooooone

Evil buildings

Sickness

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Moons Out, Goons Out by Warlord Colossus 🎵

[siliceouspebble]

Bell tower

Statement of Mika Johnson, given 14.06.2011

Statement begins

I haven't always heard the bells. They started a few years ago. Two, maybe three?. I just can't really recall when exactly they started, the bells I mean. I think they got louder over time.

I work in a bar, down in Hackney. So it's always loud and so many different noises, the people speaking, the music, the glasses clanking. So it took me a while to notice. The sound of bells.

It was summer and the bar was packed. At first I thought the new DJ took a liking to underscoring all songs with them. But when I asked him about his choice of adding bells to pop songs he just looked at me like I was joking. He laughed and patted my shoulder like I was kidding, so I joined in. God, that was so awkward. He said bye and left.

And I just stood there at the end of my shift. The people gone, the music turned off, the last load of dishes clean and I still heard them. Ringing in my ear. I checked the sound system. Powered off. I tried pulling the plug, so I really knew it was off. Still bells. I looked around the bar. Did somebody hide a speaker? But no matter where I turned the bells didn't get louder or more quiet. It must be some kind of fancy new tech that can project sound so it always sound the same no matter where in the room you stand.

I had ducked behind the counter rifling through one of the cupboards to see if there was anything hidden there when my coworkers exited the small kitchen. My shift manager asked me what I was doing. Not wanting to mention the bells and be laughed at again, I just said I had been looking for something and laughed it off.

It's better if you're the one that starts laughing at yourself and not join in belatedly.

They eyed me strangely.

The bells got louder. I quickly finished restocking the bar so I could head home.

The bells haven't stopped since. Not when I'm at work. Not at home. Not in the tube or anywhere else. No matter what I do. They don't stop.

It's always bells, just not always the same bells. Sometimes it's a single tiny one tinkling in my ears that I can ignore pretty easily, at other times it's like standing next to a church bell. It deafening. I can't hear people talking to me. Sometimes it's sleigh bells, Christmastime gets annoying really fast since they tend to be more prevalent in December. It's like whatever is tormenting me has a sense of humour.

I tried drowning them out with my headphones or my speakers at home. All that got me were noise complaints from my neighbours and hearing things other than the bells even less.

I unconsciously tried to shake away the very loud ones. A guest at the bar asked me if I had tics.

I stopped shaking my head.

I didn't want anyone to know anything was going on. I just wanted to make it through my days and keep my head down.

But I couldn't ignore the Bells completely

I didn't go to the doctor. I didn't know how to stop them, so why should they. They hadn't known how to help my dad when his already sick liver suddenly got worse and he got jaundice. He was in the hospital for over a month and didn't really do anything as he got sicker and more yellow. Yes he had drunk away his liver and half his brain but he had stopped years ago. There was no reason for him to decompensate now. No infection, no new alcohol, nothing. I begged them to look more thoroughly. For anything that could have been causing this. They said it was against procedure to do any kind of imaging beyond an ultrasound. I finally caused such a stirr when I exploded at the doctor in the hallway that they did decide to do a CT Abdomen. And shocker!! There was something that caused it. A fucking tumor of his billary tract. It was too late for treatment tho. His lab result in Billirubin and all that shit was too bad for chemo and it was too disseminated for surgery. He came home and I slowly watched him die over the next few months.

No doctors couldn't help.

Sorry I got distracted a bit there.

The Bells kept taunting me. Ringing louder when people tried to order things at the bar. I learned to try to read their lips for the different drinks we had but since I made too many mistakes I was told to keep to mixing the drinks when my colleagues passed me a paper with the orders.

I hated this. This was a sign that something was wrong with me. Made it obvious that things were different. But I kept smiling and did as I was told.

I still try to pretend everything is as it used to be. That's what I'm good at. It didn't matter that my dad was getting worse at home, at work I was all business as usual. It didn't matter that I could sometimes barely sleep after my shift with the loud Bells. Business as usual. I'm fine. I was fine. I'm ok. I'm doing well, thank you.

My temper has gotten worse. I'm more prone to snapping. No wonder with the sleep deprivation. But I'm fine.

I tried to google it. The Bells. But all the results were for tinnitus but that didn't really fit. That or auditory hallucinations. But that couldn't be. I have no history of mental health struggles and my family doesn't have a history of it either.

Sure my dad's cousin hung himself. And my mum's aunt killed herself after drowning her kids. But every family has a few odd ones in it.

But I'm healthy. I'm ok. I'm not hallucinating. I'm Not going insane.

I just gotta keep my head down, and do my work.

My coworkers must think I'm so strange. I sometimes catch them looking. They must talk about me behind my back. About how I should have been fired long ago if I can't hear the customers. How strange I sometimes sway with the rhythm of the big Bell in my head.

They never say anything to my face but I know they talk. I can't trust them. They are not my friends and if they knew they'd report and I get thrown out for sure. No I'm better of pretending everything is alright.

I'm fine. I'm ok.

This will pass. I'm sure of it. And until then it doesn't matter that I have to search my flat a few times a week for speakers, because maybe this time I can find them. Maybe.

I'm sure there must be a reason I'm hearing the Bells. Some kind of long time prank. Maybe some kind of supernatural reason? That's why I came here. I know doctors are useless academics that can't see reality if it jumped down their throat but maybe you stuffy bookworms have heard of something similar. Hopefully. I left my phone number and email attached so maybe when you find something you can tell me.

I don't know. But I know I'm not going insane! I can't be.

Statement ends

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Beautiful 1920s art deco bungalow. Before.

After.

[tastefullyoffensive]

40 Funny Design Fails That Prove Some Architects Should’ve Chosen Another Career

[ebitenpura]

being a former gothic writer is like oh fuck yes i'm finally writing- ahhh shit 400 words of just the scenery and no plot advancement

[uss-edsall]

See a short twitter thread about the Fallout series' architecture

"The real [Washington DC] is filled with neoclassical & brutalist architecture thats arranged in impenetrable walls of uniformly-tall buildings creating a uniquely imposing and sinister vibe among US cities"

first thought?

"what a coward, intimidated by the world's biggest poser of a city"

[serpentinesheldonserpentine]

Where would you have your lunch?

It’s lunchtime. Where are the people?

Boston’s City Hall Plaza and Federal Plaza (above) are examples of the failure of Soviet style Central Planning that was in vogue during the 1960’s in Boston, New Haven, and Philadelphia.

Norman Leventhal Park in Boston’s Post Office Square is a resounding success. Could it be the books? Or is the glorious Art Deco buildings that frame the park?

[fbuilds]

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