Tumgik
#architeture
allthingseurope · 1 year
Photo
Tumblr media
Tallinn, Estonia (by Gretchen Kessler)
3K notes · View notes
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
Casa Esquina, Ensenada, Mexico,
Courtesy: Diego Dican
253 notes · View notes
have-a-random-life · 1 year
Photo
Tumblr media
409 notes · View notes
hillwoodhouse · 2 months
Text
Tumblr media
Thomas Catalano
41 notes · View notes
sdiwh · 1 year
Text
Tumblr media
162 notes · View notes
conformi · 24 days
Text
Tumblr media
Ancient Theatre, Epidaurus, Greece, 4th century BC VS Giorgio Morandi, Shell and other objects, 1948
36 notes · View notes
martyharrison · 5 months
Text
Tumblr media
26 notes · View notes
mambo68 · 4 months
Text
Tumblr media
Bem street 1A
17 notes · View notes
thatrebeldream · 6 months
Text
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
24 notes · View notes
mensministry · 1 year
Photo
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
Tenir Eco Hotels, Almaty, Kazakhstan,
Tenir Eco Hotels is a modular glamping located 3200 meters (10’500 ft) above sea level, which makes it one of the highest altitude hotels in the world.
Levelstudio,
Photographer: Miras Ibraimov
77 notes · View notes
dashalbrundezimmer · 1 year
Photo
Tumblr media
deutz-mülheimer straße // köln mülheim
eisenbahnwagen- und maschinenfabrik van der zypen & charlier
unfortunately, there are hardly any traces left of the former eisenbahnwagen- und maschinenfabrik van der zypen & charlier . one of the few remaining buildings can be seen in the picture. the halls where the remains of the test facility for the wuppertal suspension railway were located are now the site of a gigantic excavation pit. no construction work is taking place and it remains to be critically questioned why the actually listed buildings had to disappear. the future use of the site seems to be rather uncertain at the moment.
65 notes · View notes
sam-glade · 8 months
Note
Happy WBW!
What is the architecture like in your world? Does it vary by region/location or is it mostly the same? Is there anything unique about it?
~ @tabswrites
Oh Tess, you don't realise what you brought upon yourself.
Let's answer for the Days of Dusk times, so I can cover only half of the timeline. It evolves further as we progress to the times of The Truth Teller, but I still have some gaps to fill in this period, so I'll leave it be for now.
Where do I even start...
This isn't an exhaustive list, just what I remember including on page - it will mostly focus on manor houses of the minor nobility and greathouses of the princes.
Note: Red brick is associated with the Army buildings - the barracks in the larger cities and the outposts spaced out throughout the Five Princedoms. How much red brick is used depends on how sympathetic towards the Army a given region is. For this reason, Redguard, where the Central Command is located, has a bit different architecture to other cities. Here's a description.
Building materials
As a rule of thumb, the regional differences are:
Wood as a building material is more commonly used in the Princedom of Water and the north of the First Princedom. This comes from the availability of the material.
The First Princedom and Princedom of Air (East) prefer a combination of sandstone and brick, with more exposed brick used in the First Princedom. The heads of both states are Swords, and people don't shy away from the military aesthetic. But, wood is still cheap, and often used outside urban areas.
The Princedom of Rock (South) prefers yellow brick, pastel-yellow paint, and also flatter roofs - there isn't as much snowfall there
The Princedom of Fire (West) opts for plastered brick, often painted in flat floral patterns along the edges.
Manor houses
Smaller manor houses in the First Princedom are strongly inspired by Polish manor houses (though aren't always accurate recreations). They have a symmetric layout, and are one storey tall, two at most. They're bisected by a hall, and have a porch by the entrance, sometimes a terrace at the back.
In the Princedom of Rock, the symmetric layout is not a thing, and instead the manors are often L-shaped, with a terrace/balcony at the corner. In the West, they're often laid out in a square, enclosing a courtyard. In both of these princedoms, they also appear more enclosed, often built on hills. They may resemble seaside forts, and have a vaguely defensive aesthetic, especially if the local lord has responsibilities related to protecting the coastal towns from sea raiders.
(I actually have very little plot set in the East and North, so these two princedoms aren't as well developed).
The greathouses of the the Princes are much grander, and older. They'd have sprawling wings embracing large open spaces, and expansive manicured gardens behind them.
One unusual element you might find in some gardens is a gateway arch - a general of the Army is permitted to construct a gateway arch in their private residence, for personal use, and since a lot of the senior officers and generals come from the nobility, the arches were incorporated into the surroundings. They're vaulted arches made of brick, with crystals and wires embedded in them - the array that enables the gateway to function.
Historical timeline of the First Princedom's Architecture
The plot demanded that I figure it out, so now I'm info dumping it on you.
Not much is known about the architecture before the War of the Dispossessed which devastated the heart of the continent. That was about two thousand years ago.
The first buildings to be erected after that, which are still standing, are places like the city halls of the princedoms' capitals, the princes' greathouses, and the Chambers of Gold. The Chambers are where the Council of Twelve resides and passes judgement in the Sun King's stead, when he's in the Palace in the Clouds.
The one element they all share is a glass dome above the entrance hall - usually above the city's/family's/etc. crest laid out as a mosaic on the floor. The dome is reinforced by crystallurgist (more often Elemental Dancers with relevant powers) to not break from hale and similarly harsh weather. I particularly like the design of the entrance hall in the First Prince's residence:
The glass dome provided more than enough light. The ceiling around it was covered in frescoes of clouds tinted orange and pink, with pale sky between them still showing a few stars. Ahead of the entrance two symmetrical staircases intersected at a landing in the middle. Above it there was a painting of a lone rider, with clouds in the background forming wings behind his back. The floor was laid in stone, forming a tessellating pattern with the Moon-and-Star crest directly below the dome.
Then, the domes faded out of fashion, and more wood was used. Sandstone and brick buildings are often seen.
Minor nobility became a larger group, and honestly not that rich, so they used cheaper materials - a stone foundation, with a wooden structure on top, single-storey. However, said nobility was also prone to feuds and forays, and a lot of them burnt down or were otherwise destroyed.
In Gifts of Fate, the main trio spends a long time in an abandoned manor in a style that came afterwards - called 'post-revival' in setting. It started relying on a wooden frame filled with bricks, and the manors now became two storeys tall. I've got a description of this particular manor here.
Finally, contemporary buildings include less wooden elements, and are more often than not plastered in light colours, with sculptures adorning the corners and lining the edges of the roofs. The roofs are tiled or covered with copper sheets.
The First Prince had added some of these elements to the ancient greathouse, like light plaster and sculptures, so here are some pictures I used for the inspiration:
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
10 notes · View notes
Tumblr media
Casa Müller,
VOID-STUDIO.mx
50 notes · View notes
35letters · 7 months
Photo
Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media Tumblr media
(via RATP Habitat Headquarters / Atelier du Pont | ArchDaily)
9 notes · View notes
hillwoodhouse · 1 year
Text
Tumblr media
85 notes · View notes
sdiwh · 1 year
Text
Tumblr media
27 notes · View notes