I get really caught up in the architecture here in New Orleans. I guess I didn't know whet to make of the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre. My reaction was not "I hate it" but I immediately started envisioning other options. I don't remember what my brother thought. He's got better taste than me.
Please, share your thoughts on contemporary in regards to other styles of architecture. Are you this type:
Well Mr. Pickle, does this mean your Brother is a Cucumber? LOL!
i like all kinds of architecture........if it's good.
Sorry Charlie, Starkist doesn't want tuna with good taste. Staskist wants tuna that tastes good.
Form vs. function, image vs. substance, appearance vs. efficiency?
The appearance of a building, to me, is less important than its efficiency. That being said, nearly all styles can be made more efficient and it won't even be noticed. Considerable efficiency can be attained with some loss in appearance and still be acceptable to an "image" person.
Any posters familiar with Architecture 2030? Edward Mazria is a prophet without honor in his own land. If we had been building according to his proposed building codes for the last 3 decades (since his passive solar book came out), our energy needs for heating and cooling (electricity and natural gas) would be considerably less than they are now.
No, not familiar with him, but I agree with what you say. Years ago I designed a home that would utilize solar, conduction & convection, had the plans drawn up, but never put it to use. One of the clever ideas involved a cooling system, with a sealed 100' culvert pipe (3') run underground (8'), and out to a filtered ventilation box under an shade oak tree. The other end entered into a long vent box against the living room under a wall of windows, similar to a long vented drain about 30 foot. In the summer, you open the upstairs windows for a cross ventilation to let heat out, while the cold air flows underground. In the winter with upstairs windows closed, the heat from the solar water tubes (a separate system) & fireplace eventually bring heat down to the floor, forcing the cold air out the bottom vent. The wall of windows have thick blanket drapes that raise up in the daytime and down at night.
The sealed solar water tubes are about 3' diameter & stand (12') verticle in the living room, catching the daily sun radiation & storing the heat, which is circulated through floor tubes that heat the ground floor rooms.
The ground level fireplace has a water tube heating system that circulates the hot water through the upstair flooring to heat all the rooms.
Hm, functionality some say... What about aesthetics? Let me give you an example: it makes a great deal of difference if one have one's coffee in a crafty painted porcelain cup rather than a plastic one. Agree? I think the same can be said about architecture too. I personally prefer more detailed and ornamented styles which refers to the pre-contemporary architecture, starting with greek-roman and spanning to this. I lack the cosy feeling with contemporary.
I couldn't care less what kind of cup I drink my coffee out of, if I drank coffee, which I don't. So long as it doesn't change the flavor, what difference does it make? The point is the coffee, not the container.
First , it does change the flavour. Second, it makes a difference how the drink + other stuff that affects your sub-conscience.
Here is one house I wouldn't even want to step in.
First , it does change the flavour. Second, it makes a difference how the drink is served + other stuff that affects your sub-conscience.
Here is one house I wouldn't even want to step in. :roll: Please excuse my snobbishness. :lol:
sub-conscience? I think you invented a new word....perhaps a useful description of the way some people here act.....
conscience is an inner sense of right and wrong that hopefully compels us to choose right....
You meant conscious, I think....
How embarrassing! :3oops: You are right, of course. Please, excuse my language, I haven't practiced for quite a while.
Eh, once upon a time I had a pretty good knowledge of the English language. Than I got old.