#italian modernism architecture

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[arc-hus]

Villa S, Porto Rotondo, Italy - Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners

[phoenixyfriend]

Every time I try to do a modern AU I want to change up Padme's background

Her face is EE Jewish, her accent is American, her fashion is Mongolian(-inspired), her name is Indian(-inspired), her house is Italian--

And in a modern setting it's unlikely for all to be true at once so. You gotta pick.

I think I usually go with either Mongolian-Italian or Indian-Italian (racially), religiously and maybe ethnically Jewish? Aaaaaand probably Natalie Portman's own "immigrated to the US very young" background because same, which is then the accent.

Me pointing at Padme: I'm gonna project this one specific thing on her and you can't stop me

[charon-c]

Here’s my Minecraft recreation of a poster design by BrutalHomeDecor. You can find their Etsy shop here. It’s a poster based off a sketch by a visionary Italian futurist Antonio Sant’Elia.

This was my first render I did using Blender. I don’t know what I did to make this art deco type poster style with sharp and heavy shadows, and then I didn’t save the blender file too so that’s cool

Someone said the build reminds them of Futurama and I have to agree

[conformi]

Ancient Theatre, Epidaurus, Greece, 4th century BC VS Giorgio Morandi, Shell and other objects, 1948

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TER D-F (2022) cappa mazzoniana, stazione Termini FF/A

[fuckinuhhh]

Architectural Finds, 06/25/2023

Today's walk was short, I was just going in to DoBro to get some things from target but of course I had to stop and take some pictures along the way. Here are some architectural highlights from the walk there.

First were these row-houses along Fulton St, and this cool corner window aspect that the end house had.

Built 1882.

Located at 664-674 Fulton St, these seemed like they were all the same architect save for the third house in at 668 which looked like it been rebuilt at some point or maybe covered with a brick facade.

You can see some of the rusting from the old Cast-Iron facade that was cutting edge technology in the day in the second picture.

Another row of houses that caught my eye were this row of brownstones with their beautiful ornamentation around the door frames. This is right around the corner at 109-117 S Elliot Pl.

I have no way of knowing if they were all built by the same owners originally as I cant seem to find any records for them online :/, but they were likely built around the turn of the last century 1890-1910 when this style of building was commonly constructed. It was likely that they were built by separate owners/architects, as their ornamental stone decorations aren't all exactly the same.

Moving on, A CHURCH! That's right I love a good ornate church and this one surely delivered. Just look at that gothic stone articulation above the entrance! Its so organic looking, it sends shivers down my spine just looking at it and I want to sink my teeth into it all in one.

Built in 1931 to the tune of the Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church, and today it sits abandoned, boarded up, and full of black mold.

The overall shape of the building is so interesting it has so much going on with its MASSIVE brick pillar motifs, likely intended to vertically gesture up toward the creator.

One source describes it as "Gothic restyled in modern dress, an exercise in massing brick and tan terracotta that might be called cubistic Art Moderne."

Someone with more theological architectural background could go further in depth than I can on it I'm sure, but it's always exciting to see the passionate attention to detail that a good cathedral has in it's architecture.

Next I don't know if I love this one but I just wanted to shout it out as having a BIG clock face! Like that thing is so high upppp it must be 100 feet in diameter!

Without even looking it up I'm going to take a shot in the dark and say this is maybe Brooklyn City Hall, or another government building??? It resembles the thing they're doing in all of the governing buildings I've seen up in Albany.

I don't particularly like this architectural style its boring and chunky in my opinion, but I have to say its not the ugliest thing I've seen. I respect the sense of radial symmetry its upper terraces and flanks suggest, and cmon you cant knock that clock.

(update: it's a bank building)

Second to last, we have this red & black beauty. Love the Greek-Revival pediments on each wing of the building as well as the renaissance revival inclusions in the carved cords/ribbons hanging in between the pilasters.

After some research, this seems to be an old Schoolhouse built in 1892 that has unfortunately since been absorbed by the ultra-modern townhouse on the end of the street at 81 Hanson Pl and transformed into a massive painting studio/home by painter David Salle. Wish I could find more info on the original schoolhouse tho :/

(Second photo ripped from google images)

HONORABLE MENTION: Caught this Mansard Roof moment on my way into the subway station and oof, tug at my heartstrings this is cute.

Across the street from the dream studio/abomination this guy sits pretty at 83 Hanson Pl and is the only brownstone on the block with a cute hat (mansard roof).

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BBPR, Torre Velasca, Milan, 1955-57

[kmp-modernfurniture]

The spontaneous interior created by @sixplus_architetti adds a touch of inventiveness to its cheerful ambiance.

Looking closely you can observe the brilliance in the way the furniture has been assembled not only following an aesthetic angle but also a practical and emotion-driven purpose.

The colors have been carefully selected; especially the use of yellow, to induce a sense of playfulness and originality. In the case of the blue tones; these serve to balance the brightness of the yellow with calmness in the form of a dinning and coffee tables, a velvet upholstered bed, and a floral bedroom background.

This artistic use of color psychology reflects an innately human and emotionally mindful approach to modern interior design.

[mikuteit]

Cielo Alto - hotel, appartments, residence. Breuil-Cervinia, Valtournenche (AO), Italy. By Renato Piramide, Maria Coletti, Mario Megna and Francesco Dolza (1972 - 1978). Foto: © Wolfram Mikuteit

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[arc-hus]

Bulgari Winery, San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy - Alvisi Kirimoto + Partners

[mijnvloek]

İstanbul Modern

[archtechposts]

Corbusian refernce

Chiesa di San Paolo Apostolo (Church of St Paul the Apostle), by Benvenuto Villa and Maria Rosa Zibetti Ribaldone (1971-1973).

Gallarate, Italy.

© Roberto Conte (2016)