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Originally Posted by Mr.Link

Wow, I think i'll hang out on this thread Stunning places although some are not the kinds I would like but then design is highly individual so Excellent!!!

Btw, anyone a fan of I.M.PEI / Kengo Kuma / Tadao Ando?

And Mirage77, That place is gorgeous all the best and hopefully your interiors are as stunning as the exteriors keep us updated on that front too and do try keep taking pictures of work in progress and what kind of a structure do you build in Singapore? Concrete or Metal?

Regards

Originally Posted by Rob

I love the work of all three of those architects Mr. Link ....I also like Arata Isozaki, Álvaro Siza, Jean Nouvel, and Herzog & de Meuron.


Two houses by Ettore Sottsass

Originally Posted by Mr.Link

Those are again brilliant but for some reason a very colourful place is outside my desires. Not that its nice on my part but I prefer a more earthly tone over colours but then for me Exposed Concerete does magic and so does metals combined with dark natural stones.

Originally Posted by Mr.Link

There is this house done in my city by Louis Kahn, who also did a very famous university (I.I.M Ahmedabad) it's compeltely done with Exposed Bricks and Exposed Concrete and the combination still makes a few heads turn out of the timeless feel that arises when you pass by. But I for one feel nothing besides natural materials leave a timeless feel as human heart will always desire a change

Originally Posted by Mr.Link

Amazing houses Rob and honestly what you said could not have been said better, after a certain point how much space does a human need ? or rather will a human use? it's something I believe a lot of people get excited for when making new houses but some like Mr.Ambani from my country do it for pure ego / show their powers ... But that house is in legal trouble for some reason and the goverment is deeming that particular transaction illegal as it belonged to some non profit organisation or something like that. But then this is the guy that kind of owns India so he will get his way. Sad I know but thats how things work here and maybe in other parts of the world too...

Anyways coming back to architecture, I live in a city that was famous for architecture in the past and not to mention Mahatma Gandhi's ashram is here. Below are few buildings which are quite nice and also well known and done by famous Architects of the past but will live in our hearts forever..

1. I.I.M Ahmedabad by Louis Kahn (1963)


Institute of Public Administration - Louis I. Kahn - Great Buildings Online
2. Fabric Museum by Le Corbusier 1953-57



Museum at Ahmedabad - Le Corbusier - Great Buildings Online
3. Mr B.B.Doshi's house by Balakrishna Doshi (Self) 1979-81.



Sangath - Balkrishna Doshi - Great Buildings Online
4. Shodhan house by Le Corbusier (1956) This was a rich family here



Shodan House - Le Corbusier - Great Buildings Online

Sorry if the images are large and I do hope it's ok to post links / images from other websites if this is beyond the rules here do let me know.

I feel some of these buildings use materials which are as close to natural as you can get without losing the geometric shapes and they also work very well as insulation against heat in Ahmedabad. But today this city is getting ruined with all new glass buildings without a specific colour / shape and just new builders making money out of fooling the growing population majority of whom have hardly had a house with a concrete roof

Regards/-

Btw. May I ask how many here are Interior designers / Architects or are big time into one of them?

Originally Posted by dOmInIX

I've seen most of those buildings Mr.Link, I find it very interesting.

I already said I'm amazed how you can express so many things by structuring and building shapes...I see you're also interested in architecture/design...

Originally Posted by Luwalira

Cute house which for some reason I don't like at all. The whole design is too edgy and straight, and the interior is to clinical.


An abandoned 13 store wooden house.

Originally Posted by Mr.M

Coolest home ever? This got to be worth a shot.

Welcome to Sentosa Island in Singapore, the new home for the rich and famous.




This is a view of one of the inner man-made rivers.




This is a view from the house below.








Unobstructed seaview. This house is going for SDG13 million (about USD6 million). It used to be SGD6 million before, it shows how property prices have risen in the past year.

Originally Posted by Luwalira

Those aristocratic mansions require a whole army of butlers, insane.

Here is a very nicely decorated living room, probably one of my favorites now even thought the sofas seem to hard and sterile for my taste. If i was wealthy I would love to have something very similar but as a reading room instead.