AVFCforever1991 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) My dads Apartment in the Alps, France. Not terribly pretty, but the background makes up for it Sold it now.. :-( Edited November 3, 2013 by AVFCforever1991 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 This tunnel pisses me off. It links Moor Street and New Street. Outside Moor Street I've had loads of tourists ask me the way to New Street. I direct them down a dark, desolate tunnel filled with beggars. Welcome to Birmingham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2013 I hate New Street Station. It's what everyone sees when they first get to Birmingham on the train, it's ugly, dark and concrete, unlike the Rotunda, it has absolutely no redeeming features of splashes of architectural style, it's just tedious to look at. "One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat." -- Vincent Scully, comparing the old and new Pennsylvania Stations in New York Before After My dads Apartment in the Alps, France. Not terribly pretty, but the background makes up for it Sold it now.. :-( Ye posh fecker. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 There's some awesome architecture in New York Levi, Grand Central was just a jaw dropping scene. The Woolworth Building was my favourite though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Selfridges & St Martin's church, Birmingham. St Pancras station, Camden, London. Natural History Museum, Kensington, London. Lloyds Building, City of London. 30 St Mary Axe, City of London. Tower Bridge, Southwark/Tower Hamlets, London. Shad Thames, Bermondsey, London. I'll almost certainly put loads more in. I love buildings. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Trellick Tower, Paddington, London. Possibly my fave building anywhere, past or present. Closely followed by.... Isokon a statement on how to live...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Selfridges & St Martin's church, Birmingham. St Pancras station, Camden, London. Natural History Museum, Kensington, London. Lloyds Building, City of London. 30 St Mary Axe, City of London. Tower Bridge, Southwark/Tower Hamlets, London. Shad Thames, Bermondsey, London. I'll almost certainly put loads more in. I love buildings. Those are some beautiful shots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) None of them do the buildings justice either. If you've got ten minutes, what this about the Lloyds building: It owes more than a passing nod to the Centre Pompidou in Paris, obviously, but it's much more striking. It went from opening to Grade I listed status in just 25 years, which is an incredible achievement. Edited November 3, 2013 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 all hail the master, less is more, Mies Van Der Rohe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) That said, my favorite Pennsy station is 30th Street in Philadelphia. It pulls off Classical Revival meets Art Deco amazingly well. Philadelphia's a great architectural city, perhaps because the gentlemen's agreement or urban legend that there was a law against building taller than the statue of William Penn atop City Hall spared it the mid-century skyscrapers. Nothing of substantial size was built between the 1920s and the 1980s downtown, really. Edited November 3, 2013 by leviramsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2013 (The Philadelphia Saving Fund Society Building, now the Loews Philadelphia Hotel... the first modern American skyscraper (1932 completion)) 1 & 2 Liberty Place Comcast Center Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 GE Facility, Nantgarw, internal space on an epic scale it's like a Bond set (the engine is a GE 90 I believe, which is quite big) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Edit: Nevermind the fish. Edited November 3, 2013 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Edited November 3, 2013 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 An obvious choice, but if I've ever felt any emotion towards a building, it's the old Trinity Road stand. I'll never forgive Doug for knocking this down. Pure vandalism. The Holte End looks ok now, but it's a pale imitation of Archibald Leitch's master piece. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2013 And two personal favorites (My father was the lead developer for this one) (My great-grandfather, born in Kiddy before Aston Villa Football Club was a year old, did pretty well for himself) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) I'm sad that I only have very vague memories of it like that I'm proud to say I've sat in it though EDIT: @Dave80 btw! Edited November 3, 2013 by lapal_fan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted November 3, 2013 VT Supporter Share Posted November 3, 2013 Threads like this prove that VillaTalk is the classiest football forum around.How many football forums have a thread like this or the maps thread or the "do you read" thread? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Most other football fans can't read, so they can't use computers, so they cannot put content on a forum. Villa fans are so-fist-ick-ated 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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