#architectural folly

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Dunmore Pineapple, Stirlingshire

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WERE THIS A PLAY

“Don’t tell them too much about your soul. They’re waiting for just that” —Jack Kerouac What do a flood plain near a big city and windy moor not near one have in common? Nothing, nothing rather than something. This architectural folly is therefore more a surrealist conundrum than postmodern bricolage. The minimalist “glass house” part is inspired by Edith Farnsworth’s 1951 floodplain-sited…

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Folly in La Garenne Lemot, France.

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World's Largest Ear of Corn, Olivia, Minnesota, 1973

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Folly Mojave, Wonder Valley, California,

Malek Alqadi Architect

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The Druid’s Temple, Masham, England

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💬 "Folly of Henford" ❎ No CC ▶️ Basegame + Castle Estate Kit

📖 a folly is a structure build primarily for decoration, it became very popular during the 17th-19th centuries. many where garden structures based on temples, pyramids or medieval castle ruins.

📍 The Gnome's Arms, Henford-on-Bagley 🔳 20x30 🌳 Park

💚 get this build on the Sims 4 gallery, under my ID: TheDewOfTheSea

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In Praise of Folly

It is unclear when this folly in the grounds of Ballycumber House, County Offaly was constructed. It may date from the mid-18th century when the property’s then-owner Warneford Armstrong carried out alterations to the main building, or perhaps from the early 19th century during the time of his grandson John Warneford Armstrong. The latter travelled extensively abroad and in her book Flights of…

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A Fabulous Folly. Mount St John Lodge. North Yorkshire, England.

Entrance to a private equestrian estate.

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Benbow Pond Folly.

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John Follis & Rex Goode,

Set of three planters, Model F-507,USA, c. 1956,

From the Strick House, Santa Monica, Bisque stoneware, walnut,

12¼ h × 62¼ w × 14¾ d in (31 × 158 × 37 cm)

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84' Inflatable King Kong, Empire State Building, New York, New York, mid-April, 1983

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