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Original question by @Wahots@pawb.social

I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.

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[-] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Frutiger Aero. This is what the future should have looked like. It's a beautiful balance between nature and technology. I love the glossy, transpartent, rounded nature of it all. The colors are bright and fresh but relaxing at the same time.

I'm also a big fan of mid century modern. It does a good job at incorporating a natural look. On the outside, the buildings are usually low profile and blend into the landscape well. On the inside, there's a lot of nice, quality natural materials like wood and stone that are used throughout.

[-] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

More Frutiger Aero photos because I can't stop thinking about how beautiful it is:

One thing about it is that it ain't the most homely of aesthetics and architectures. It's almost always in the context of a workplace, airport, shopping center, etc. In an ideal world I'd live in a mid century modern house and work in a frutiger aero workplace.

Edit: just found this really cool website https://frutigeraeroarchive.org/

[-] sevon@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 1 week ago

Those ai generated plants and hallway wall things bother me a bit.

[-] countrypunk@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

After looking more closely, some of them do look AI generated. I still think the idea of the images is nice but it is annoying to see how it messes up the details.

[-] Demonmariner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Any. Very few modern buildings can be said to have any style at all. They are just functional blocks.

[-] wieson@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

Brick gothic

And brick factories with high arches windows and rounded roofs

[-] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago

Yes.

This is one of my favourite styles!

There was a very prolific architect in Sweden back in 1890-1915, who designed several iconic buildings of Stockholm:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Boberg

He designed these absolutely gorgeous gasometers:

Just look at the drawings!

Here are drawings of other utility buildings at the same gas works also designed by him:

He also designed the fire station in Gävle, which as far as I can see is still in use:

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4vle_brandstation

He designed this water tower in Stockholm:

https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosebacke_vattentorn

There are plenty of other architects, but I just love that era of Ferdinand's work...

[-] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Victorian homes like this

[-] SonOfAntenora@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Brutalism always fascinated me, i tried to model some building in 3d modeling tools in this style, churches public squares you name it. These huge, empty and vast monuments to the industrial nature of a building are like monolyths in a city. They claim their existance and you can't ignore them.

[-] mceldritch@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I am 100% with you on Brutalism. It is often vilified but I think it's beautiful.

[-] janus2@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago

i would like more brutalism because my country desperately needs affordable housing...

[-] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I enjoy the Art Deco look. Sleek yet confident.

[-] mhague@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Roman revival... most anything with arches, pillars, ashlar, obvious lentils, a strong sturdy feel.

But also high tech / structural expressionism.

(Uniklinikum Aachen, Germany)

[-] einkorn@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I advocate for Rococo

Ecclesiastical Art Deco. There are surprisingly few examples of this. Boston Avenue Methodist Church in Tulsa is probably the best one.

[-] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm a deco man myself. The world should look like the futuristic vision of 1920s and 30s sci fi movies.

[-] fleebleneeble@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

I think Art Deco or Art Nouveau. I love both.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cyclopean. We just don't make 'em like we used to; with big, irregular stones and zero mortar.

[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Art deco, deco noir, and deco Gothic.

And whatever the style is named for the hyper themed buildings. They were popular in LA for a long time and then spilled out in the 80s and 90s until the mid 2000s.

[-] KingPorkChop@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Googie. The Seattle Space Needle is a design of this style.

[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I always called this "The Jetsons style," I had no idea there was an actual name for it.

[-] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 week ago

Mud buildings

[-] shalafi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

And the Art Deco crowd wins the poll!

Had cousins whose entire home, bar the sun room, was Art Deco. Not just the furniture and paintings, even the magazines and lighters and ash trays. Quite a collection!

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Tudor-style wattle and daub, timber framed houses with thatched roofs.

It's relatively environmentally friendly and sequesters a lot of carbon, and is well insulated. Willow coppices can be grown just about anywhere too.

[-] sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Whatever architectural style the Weekend at Bernie's is:

[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Looks like brutalism to me. Not sure if there might be some more specific subcategory I'm not familiar with, but generally anything using big geometric slabs of concrete is brutalist.

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io -1 points 1 week ago

Utilitarian - Row houses and small single family starter homes.

Detached single family housing is suffocating this country and the environment. I’d rather leave the woods to nature and nature walks, not streets and houses.

In addition to that, utopian architecture, like arcologies.

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