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2015-08-13 18:07:57

#2351

Dauntless: Admin; +2,249|7102|London

uziq wrote:
i live in a georgian townhouse in a town that is one of the best examples of that idiom in the world, so don't worry. brutalism is awesome as 'art' architecture though. lots of great stuff in ex-soviet bloc countries that was a bold vision of the future. way beyond the rectilinear stuff in the west.

look at ur whatsapp u fukin prik xx

2015-08-13 18:08:52

#2352

uziq: Member; +518|3812

haha

2015-08-13 18:26:43

#2353

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7076

macquarie university has brutalist architecture. you might enjoy that zique.

https://cache.www.gametracker.com/server_info/203.46.105.23:21300/b_350_20_692108_381007_FFFFFF_000000.png

2015-08-13 18:43:14

#2354

uziq: Member; +518|3812

Cybargs wrote:
macquarie university has brutalist architecture. you might enjoy that zique.

we've got a bunch of great ones here. york, Sussex, Essex, lancaster etc. but in general I like the soviet stuff. it came with the whole total reimagining of the future possibility in a way that the dry architectural experiments in the west didn't. some of it looks straight out of a sci-fi flick. the sky the limit...

2015-08-13 18:56:48

#2355

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7045|United States of America

uziq wrote:
Cybargs wrote:
macquarie university has brutalist architecture. you might enjoy that zique.
we've got a bunch of great ones here. york, Sussex, Essex, lancaster etc. but in general I like the soviet stuff. it came with the whole total reimagining of the future possibility in a way that the dry architectural experiments in the west didn't. some of it looks straight out of a sci-fi flick. the sky the limit...

Bullshit. Conquer the sky, too!

https://static.neatorama.com/images/2013-01/palace-of-the-soviets.jpg

2015-08-13 19:14:33

#2356

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5718|London, England

https://static.bf2s.com/files/user/51395/kingssup.jpg

So

Last edited by Jay (2015-08-13 19:21:30)

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2015-08-13 19:19:51

#2357

uziq: Member; +518|3812

DesertFox- wrote:
uziq wrote:
Cybargs wrote:
macquarie university has brutalist architecture. you might enjoy that zique.
we've got a bunch of great ones here. york, Sussex, Essex, lancaster etc. but in general I like the soviet stuff. it came with the whole total reimagining of the future possibility in a way that the dry architectural experiments in the west didn't. some of it looks straight out of a sci-fi flick. the sky the limit...
Bullshit. Conquer the sky, too!

yeah i don't like anything after the whole stalinist consolidation. it became monumentalist architecture and slightly megalomaniac as a result. very grotesque. the statue commemorating the battle of stalingrad is high kitsch horror, too, in the same vein as the palace of the soviets.

2015-08-14 03:23:33

#2358

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|7076

https://www.ifsa-butler.org/images/stories/sig/program-cities/mac/MacquariePhotobyAndersVindegg.JPG

That's macquarie. The inside is even more brutalist and it's weird when they're building more 'modern' architecture there.

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-chNk0L3BLm8/T0IF4rzuiNI/AAAAAAAACHc/30LZtkWXVUQ/s1600/IMG_1036.JPG

That's U syd. That shit looks straight out of oxford and I think that was the intent from day 1.

2015-08-14 03:35:17

#2359

uziq: Member; +518|3812

I'm spoilt for uni architecture. I lived in a building that pretty much always makes the world top 10 university campuses/buildings. sheer baroque fucking indulgence.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/ex … world.html

great selection

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2015-08-14 12:02:35

#2360

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7015

Hi I can do architecture too :>

Some federal building or courthouse around here.
Brutalism is neat.
Not a fan of the university stuff though :<

2015-08-14 12:46:20

#2361

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,745|7097|Cinncinatti

https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/newsrecord.org/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/9/11/9114f60c-3be6-11e3-82c7-001a4bcf6878/5267ce6e8a221.image.jpg

thats all we got

2015-08-14 12:47:22

#2362

Pocshy2.0: Member; +23|3731

uziq wrote:
I'm spoilt for uni architecture. I lived in a building that pretty much always makes the world top 10 university campuses/buildings. sheer baroque fucking indulgence.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/ex … world.html

great selection

Ha, my university (University of Toronto, University College) made #6. I don't know why they always use my college as the finest example of architecture on the campus-- Trinity College is pretty beautiful.

EDIT- I also don't know what the fuck "Toronto University" is. What dipshit did the research on that one?

EDIT 2- Also, this is the main library on campus:

https://bayimages.net/images/20k/robarts-library-university-of-toronto-19739.jpg

Considered to be one of the best examples of brutalist architecture in Canada.

Last edited by Pocshy2.0 (2015-08-14 12:53:09)

2015-08-14 14:23:21

#2363

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7015

Library at UC San Diego

2015-08-14 14:28:18

#2364

pirana6: Go Cougs!; +696|6651|Washington St.

cmon guys, what're you trying to do to this forum? this isn't amateur hour

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=140524&p=5

2015-08-14 14:44:26

#2365

RTHKI: mmmf mmmf mmmf; +1,745|7097|Cinncinatti

its no mod week

2015-08-14 14:48:33

#2366

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +654|4080

pirana6 wrote:
cmon guys, what're you trying to do to this forum? this isn't amateur hour

http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=140524&p=5

So many free $50 iTunes gift cards on page 1.

2015-08-17 19:48:32

#2367

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +654|4080

I ordered the MGS V Phantom Pain Hardcover Strategy guide. It is a little more expensive than the paper back.

https://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61iMmS33m9L.jpg

It comes with an exclusive lithograph by Yoji Shinkawa. At its heart though, it is still just a game guide.

This seems to be a thing now. Fallout 4 has a hardcover strategy guide too. Even if it wasn't hardover, the collectors edition is just better to look at.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41DSMBykv2L._SX306_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UBBLlPv7L._SX306_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg

Would you consider book shelving a game guide? I am a major supporter of the franchise so I have to get this. Otherwise, no.

2015-08-17 22:12:25

#2368

DesertFox-: The very model of a modern major general; +796|7045|United States of America

Strategy guides still exist? What kind of content is even inside of them that you couldn't find easier with a Googling?

2015-08-17 22:44:27

#2369

mtb0minime: minimember; +2,418|7015

I gotta admit, I'm pretty tempted to buy the MGS guide too, even though I'll never use it. Like you say, it's a fan thing. I have the limited edition versions of the other games, as well the guides (except for 4) for them too. I haven't put any of them on the bookshelf though, mainly because I don't have one Don't think I would either unless it was in a man cave nerd den hobby room.

2015-08-19 22:45:14

#2370

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,068|7132|PNW

DesertFox- wrote:
Strategy guides still exist? What kind of content is even inside of them that you couldn't find easier with a Googling?

Collector thing, I suppose. Also, games that don't make guides obsolete with every patch can still benefit.

2015-08-20 00:26:28

#2371

uziq: Member; +518|3812

why would anyone 'collect' such crap? how many games that release collectors' editions nowadays really have any actual collectibility. don't the games themselves have to become classic or at least attain cult status? every fucking shitty 6/10 sequel nowadays comes in a tin with a bunch of useless shit. it's pure marketing. all this kitsch crap will just sit in an unused room in your house and will make visitors think you are either socially maladjusted or lost a kid.

2015-08-20 04:45:54

#2372

SuperJail Warden: Gone Forever; +654|4080

Err I don't buy those collector edition tins with stuff. I have never seen one with stuff that interested me. This is different because I am a huge follower of the series, have followed this game's development for 3 years, and this has actual usefulness as a guide. If I throw if I put it on my bookshelf no one will even know the difference between it and the other ~50 books.

Besides, most of my books are pretty highbrow. It is not like I have a bookshelf full of manga.

That person should feel embarrassed

2015-08-20 04:55:42

#2373

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5718|London, England

SuperJail Warden wrote:
Err I don't buy those collector edition tins with stuff. I have never seen one with stuff that interested me. This is different because I am a huge follower of the series, have followed this game's development for 3 years, and this has actual usefulness as a guide. If I throw if I put it on my bookshelf no one will even know the difference between it and the other ~50 books.

Besides, most of my books are pretty highbrow. It is not like I have a bookshelf full of manga.

That person should feel embarrassed

Gross.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2015-08-20 04:56:56

#2374

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,818|6466|eXtreme to the maX

This should raise some laughs.

Fuck Israel

2015-08-20 05:01:12

#2375

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5718|London, England

Looks like my shelves

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