New-build classical architecture (evoking old styles)

bdurden said:
163 W 122 Street, Harlem is fantastic contextualism while being fresh and interesting. In general, this era of NYC infill architecture is enviable not just to Boston but virtually any city. In the case of Boston, there just aren't that many infill opportunities in brownstone neighborhoods as they are already largely intact.
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Most of the Harlem Buildings were perfect!
 
Another good example of a new build, that looks new and isnt trying to copy an older style or be faux historic, yet it blends perfectly into the existing built environment in nyc and feels like a modern evolution of early 20th century buildings. This looks like what someone in the 30’s would imagine a modern evolution of those buildings would look like, compared to how in reality “modern” buildings just ended up being blue glass boxes which had no design lineage that traced back to early skyscrapers. Something like this continues on the design language and lineage of early high/mid rises right to the current day but with modern materials and larger modern windows. I hope that made sense.

Basically what I’m saying is buildings like this are clearly new/modern yet share an obvious lineage all the way back through the earliest high rises with their massing, color, visual weight, set backs, and I think thats what makes them fit in so well and also feel more recognizable and familiar. Our cities need a lot more of this in my opinion to bring back the warmth and charm thats been lost to anonymous architecture. This building also looks like it belongs in nyc and regional architecture coming back would be a good antidote to the anonymizing that has happened to architecture.

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stick n move said:
Another good example of a new build, that looks new and isnt trying to copy an older style or be faux historic, yet it blends perfectly into the existing built environment in nyc and feels like a modern evolution of early 20th century buildings. This looks like what someone in the 30’s would imagine a modern evolution of those buildings would look like, compared to how in reality “modern” buildings just ended up being blue glass boxes which had no design lineage that traced back to early skyscrapers. Something like this continues on the design language and lineage of early high/mid rises right to the current day but with modern materials and larger modern windows. I hope that made sense.

Basically what I’m saying is buildings like this are clearly new/modern yet share an obvious lineage all the way back through the earliest high rises with their massing, color, visual weight, set backs, and I think thats what makes them fit in so well and also feel more recognizable and familiar. Our cities need a lot more of this in my opinion to bring back the warmth and charm thats been lost to anonymous architecture. This building also looks like it belongs in nyc and regional architecture coming back would be a good antidote to the anonymizing that has happened to architecture.

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Good grief. What a boring beige, stepped-back, green-glazed punishment of mediocre MEH. Give me a spoon to cut my face off, won't, ya?
 
This is something I didn't know, that these modern temples don't just look classical but are in many ways built classically as well

Modern Hindu temples - Works in Progress Magazine

Most ancient architectural traditions have withered, but one is enjoying a golden age: Hindu temple architecture.
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In the twentieth century, Christian and Jewish religious architecture was reshaped by modernism. Most new churches and synagogues today are built in modern styles; almost no new Gothic cathedrals have been built since the nineteenth century. Hindu architecture did not undergo the same process. Temple architecture is governed by ancient canons known as the Shilpa Shastras, which define the classical style of Hindu temple architecture. In the twentieth century, many Hindu communities continued to aspire to this style, while sometimes using modern materials for reasons of cost. As these communities have become more prosperous, they have tended to adhere to the these Shastras even more closely: modern affluence has enabled a more faithful embodiment of architectural tradition rather than a departure from it. Today, these monumental projects form the world’s foremost living tradition of masonry architecture, united to vast global supply chains and great feats of logistics and engineering.
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The Shastras also rigorously govern construction methods. The basic structure of most large modern buildings is a steel or reinforced concrete frame: if stone is present at all, it is merely a surface cladding. In Hindu temples, by contrast, the structure is still formed of massive load-bearing stones. While steel is sometimes introduced in foundations and structural cores to meet modern seismic standards, the governing structural logic remains resolutely premodern. Stability is achieved through the compressive strength of stone and through complex interlocking jointing systems, including mortise-and-tenon-like connections.

This approach prioritizes longevity over speed. Steel frames are strong, but they often succumb to corrosion over time. This is one reason why many office buildings have a design working life of 50 years, after which they are sometimes replaced. Load-bearing masonry is slow to build, but it is extraordinarily durable. Temples built today could stand for thousands of years, vanishing only when their stones are worn away by the wind and the rain.
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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir -- Chino Hills, California completed 2012
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More examples in the article are beautiful
 
stick n move said:
Another good example of a new build, that looks new and isnt trying to copy an older style or be faux historic, yet it blends perfectly into the existing built environment in nyc and feels like a modern evolution of early 20th century buildings. This looks like what someone in the 30’s would imagine a modern evolution of those buildings would look like, compared to how in reality “modern” buildings just ended up being blue glass boxes which had no design lineage that traced back to early skyscrapers. Something like this continues on the design language and lineage of early high/mid rises right to the current day but with modern materials and larger modern windows. I hope that made sense.
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I absolutely love this building. Quality materials, and the right colors, all tastefully done.
 
sean99090900 said:
This is something I didn't know, that these modern temples don't just look classical but are in many ways built classically as well

Modern Hindu temples - Works in Progress Magazine

Most ancient architectural traditions have withered, but one is enjoying a golden age: Hindu temple architecture.
worksinprogress.co worksinprogress.co





BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir -- Chino Hills, California completed 2012
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More examples in the article are beautiful
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Yea its pretty cool how they build all their temples to this quality, even the ones in the US. I had posted this one in this thread a ways back, pretty cool and its in new jersey.

stick n move said:
New Hindu temple in Robbinsville NJ.
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Its pretty cool. I know theres a smaller one near the framingham ashland line. The only thing that I wish is they didnt build them so far away out in the middle of nowhere, itd be cool to have these be a part of a cityscape, but them seem to build them all way out in the suburbs. Maybe thats to keep them out of sight out of mind so they dont get pushback? The one in ashland cant even be seen from the road. It looks like this.

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Too bad it wasnt built in downtown framingham or something.
 
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Oh, for fuck's sake, fuck *rump. I guess all the gold-ish in the columns, stair rails, window mullions, escalators, and so on was how it got the petty poopy-pants diaper king to advance the funding with his posse of feckless sycophants. Disgusting.
 
You know, in this context? I don't actually mind the brass /gold tones. It's not overly baroque, and to me reads as Art-Deco. I know silver/stainless reads "modern" but I do really like the seeming trend towards warmer tones and natural materials in public spaces.
 
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