New-build classical architecture (evoking old styles)

bdurden said:
Normally highly appreciative of the retro art deco look but something seems a bit one dimensional about this one — perhaps it’s setting in relative isolation to its surroundings.
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Its definitely a cheap knockoff, in only a way texas could pull off.
 
brazile said:
Seems more PoMo Greek Revival than Deco to me, but what do I know?
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Yea that isn't art-deco in the slightest. Definitely some weird Americanized POMO greek-revival horror show.

Awful.
 
393b40 said:
Yea that isn't art-deco in the slightest. Definitely some weird Americanized POMO greek-revival horror show.

Awful.
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The base looks like the first floor of the Hampton Inn that's down the street from me.

I don't really know how one looks at that things and concludes it's art deco. However, it does look incredibly on brand for Houston.
 
SlothofDespond said:
The base looks like the first floor of the Hampton Inn that's down the street from me.

I don't really know how one looks at that things and concludes it's art deco. However, it does look incredibly on brand for Houston.
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By not really thinking about it at all and just pasting something. I realize the error now after the fact.
 
A really nice blend of neoclassical elements in a recently topped off residential building in St. Pete, FL:

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The Nolen, St. Pete:
https://stpeterising.com/home/23-story-luxury-condo-tower-the-nolen-tops-out-downtown-st-pete
 
Great example of what can come from the Soho/Noho rezoning. Morris Adjmi is consistently so good with their urbanist designs (come on 350 Summer...)
 
Justbuildit said:
Great example of what can come from the Soho/Noho rezoning. Morris Adjmi is consistently so good with their urbanist designs (come on 350 Summer...)
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Yea I was scrolling through their projects and basically everything theyre building in charleston sc is amazing + a few in nyc of course. Charleston really is taking their development serious and they have dozens of location/context appropriate developments going up that are really enhancing the existing cityscape. I think redevelopment is at its best when it tries to be context specific and theyre hitting it out of the park in charleston.
 
Robert stern as usual

New Rendering Reveals Isaac & Stern Architects’ 813-815 Broadway In Greenwich Village, Manhattan​

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“YIMBY spotted a new rendering for 813-815 Broadway, an upcoming 11-story mixed-use residential building on the eastern border of Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Designed by Issac & Stern Architects and developed by Magnum Real Estate Group, the future project will yield a total of 20 condominium units in one- to three-bedroom layouts, as well as 2,389 square feet of ground-floor retail space.”

https://newyorkyimby.com/2024/08/ne...-broadway-in-greenwich-village-manhattan.html
 
So Ive been following a lot of new classical/traditional architecture pages and channels on social media and have been extremely happy seeing the movement called the “architectural uprising” gaining lots of momentum in europe. Lots of people have become familiar with a new neighborhood in paris called Le plessis robinson after some videos about it started blowing up. This is where there was a bunch of commie block style social housing in the paris suburbs which were demolished in order to build an entire new beautiful parisian style neighborhood with lots of affordable and public housing. Well apparently it has been so successful along with many other projects that have been going on that paris is going full steam ahead now to try to replicate this all across the city. I think this is absolutely awesome and such a good sign for the future of city planning and architecture.

Sure there have been some critics who criticize it as disney-esque, but at the end of the day they are creating neighborhoods that are a million times nicer to live in than what was there before. It is also bringing “paris” out from just the nice parts of the city and making it accessable to all different classes of people. I’m a huge fan and cant believe that this is finally happening. I think he also brings up a great point in the video that lots of them look great and some of them are not as good as others, but that is because theyre having to learn how to do this again. The more it happens the more institutional knowledge there is and the better it gets. Bringing the beautiful parts of paris out to the suburbs and creating more of the best parts that everyone loves seems so obvious, but it took a while to get here. Its great to see. Paris isnt the only city either Warsaw, Berlin, Helsinki, Tallinn…. and many more are building similar buildings and neighborhoods. I hope this eventually catches on in the us as well. Anyways, heres the video:

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For anyone interested here is the aesthetic citys video about Le plessis robinson as well which is giving people something to point to and say I want more of that:
 
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