#odd architecture

[hometoursandotherstuff]

WTH House has been removed from the market. Built in 1932 in Westmont, Illinois, it's been renovated, but whoever did the reno must've been on shrooms at the time. 4bds, 4ba, and they're asking $849,900, which is probably why it's been taken off the market, b/c no one would pay that much for it, and it can't possibly pass a home inspection. Take a look.

Weird entrance. I don't even know if the door clears that first step, but there's this ersatz elevated platform w/a small door and angled stairs so you can display a lovely collection of large vases. (Also note the off-center pot light shining brightly.) That abstract painting is a prophesy of things to come.

The platform continues on around to the side entrance. Why do they need that thing at all? Unusual features: Light fixtures under the window sills and another one under the stair railing.

I don't know if this is the family room or main living room, but it's normal.

Observe the obstacles in the hall to get to the kitchen steps. The frame around the windows doesn't look right.

You can see it better from here. They made an elaborate kitchen entrance, there's some room off the stairs, maybe a toilet, and the fridge is too close to the edge.

Double doors in the dining area open to a bedroom.

Floor tile on the bathroom walls.

By the wild wood grain on the door to the primary suite, it looks like they used plywood to make the doors. There's a simple homemade kitchenette behind the door.

PeeWee's Playhouse doorway to the en-suite shows the shower in full view. (Nope.)

The mirror continues the theme of the ceiling angles and there's a long window seat.

Okay, this deck off the primary bedroom is nice.

This is another large bedroom.

These angle-lovin' folks must've had all the mirrors cut to order.

A monolithic column with niches stands in the middle of this bedroom.

The best part is the basement, though, where there's a castle-like feel. Love the walls and the fireplace. I must say that the mason they hired was superior to the carpenter.

This bath is nice and carries through with the castle theme.

The levels and angles continue on the exterior of the home.

Nice big yard. The house is on a .49 acre lot.

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[texaco333]

[callmenani]

ok but how do ya’ll imagine the Capitol looking like when reading the books?

[it-was-dead-when-i-found-it]

Strange architecture and liminal spaces have begun to invade my dreams... This isn't indicative of something sinister though, surely

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[davidnajewiczphotography]

Madison Indiana - The Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Not sure if this group still exists - but this sign is on a side street

[nyaskitten]

One day I truly wanna just get sooo deep into the different cultures that kind of exist in Ninjago but in the weird Ninjago fashion of taking bits and pieces and horribly misrepresenting them.

[thistransient]

三重區

[divinekangaroo]

I didn't expect studying MBA level economics would suddenly make me madly interested in politics. It's like the only thing I've ever read/considered that has given politics the contextual layer and reality to make it real and interesting to me.

[kaeyachi]

i love yall but some of you dont actually know what architects do when you try to show what kaveh is doing while he is working lmao

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I don't know who designed, built, or remodeled this home but it's whacko. The 1971 2bd, 1.5ba condo in Lenexa, KY was taken off the market. They were asking $209,900 + $237mo. HOA fee.

It's not very large, only 1,022 sq ft, so it has a small living room with doors to a deck. And, there's a fireplace. Note the angles in this home. There's a step up to the kitchen and the cabinetry is in the way.

In fact, it's infringing on the living room floor. WHAT is that structure? There's storage under it. What would you do with that?

It's pretty high and there are no stairs to get up there.

It's just in the way. It would've been better off as an enclosed pantry.

The main floor has the kitchen and living room. The stairs to the basement are here in the living room. Or, more likely the dining area.

Upstairs is a tiny hall to the bedrooms and bath.

This is bedroom #1.

This is the full bath. Toilet's a little too close to the sink. The door on the opposite wall is the medicine cabinet.

Bedroom #2 is the primary bedroom.

The living room stairs go down to a small unfinished basement.

And, there's also this weird little room.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8111-Halsey-St-Lenexa-KS-66215/75527518_zpid/?

[texaco333]

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Arrington, VA

📸 John Stone

[andromedasummer]

thinking about the felt store i dropped into at the mall near my uncles house a month back. god i would love to see more craft and hobby stores in malls, i dont know what it was about that place but it instantly made the mall feel way warmer and nicer (and it was a pretty damn nice mall)

[eucanthos]

Francis Bedford (UK, 1815 - 1894)

Temple of Jupiter Olympus [Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens] May 1862?

Albumen print mounted on card | 22.9 x 27.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2701016

View of the ruined colonnade, part of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, also known as the Olympieion, Athens. The photograph is signed, captioned and dated in the negative, 'F Bedford Athens', 31 May 1862

Acquired by the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), 1862

The Royal Collection Trust

A stylite (Ancient Greek: στυλίτης (stylitēs) 'pillar dweller', derived from στῦλος (stȳlos) 'pillar' and Classical Syriac: ܐܣܛܘܢܐ (ʼasṯonáyé)) or pillar-saint is a type of Christian ascetic who lives on pillars, preaching, fasting and praying. Stylites believe that the mortification of their bodies would help ensure the salvation of their souls. Stylites were common in the early days of the Byzantine Empire.