I think art deco is one of my favorites. It still has a clean, modern look that ages surprisingly well, even a century later.
Renaissance exterior of building. Carvings in concrete. Stone block buildings. Gargoyles. Corner decorations on ceilings.
The full swathe from Art Nouveau/Jugendstil through Art Deco/Moderne and Bauhaus functionalism through to 1950s modernism. If I had to be more specific, I’d focus on British interwar modernism.
Brutalist
Gorgeous brutalist, not “let’s cut corners and costs” Soviet brutalist, but Le Corbusier tier.
Mud huttingdon:
I fully expect that to make a comeback in the aftermath of the climate wars.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Mud walls are great insulators, and keep really cool during the intense summer heat
Affordable housing after the water wars
Actual decoration instead of just cheap sheetrock and Metal fixtures.
Also houses for everyone
Any style older than 60 years that is not brutalism.
Things used to have decor before, we’ve moved to a functionality only infrastructure, it’s always done in the cheapest way possible and it’s sort of depressing
I’m reminded of this video about how changes to the construction industry starting in the '50s resulted in the loss of ornamentation in architecture
Cool, yet unfortunate.
Brutalism and Art Deco, not together obviously, but +1000 points to Affordable Housing @[email protected] lol
Why not together? I can definitely see Brutalism exterior, Art Deco interior. I can slightly imagine some mutant fusion exterior but I’m no artist.
exterior interior ill grant you, mutant exterior… not enough drugs XD
Not yet.
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Art deco, full stop.
I’m a sucker for that 60’s retrofuturism. The sleek, clean, and curved design of it all with such an optimistic view of the future is such a satisfying and happy vibe
I do love the happy vibes of that, and googie! Both are cheerful aesthetics :)
Yeah, art deco is definitely high on that list. Also brutalism. I especially love brutalist interiors.
Ah yes, the evil villain hideout style. Not a fan of it myself but it does have something cool about it.
Fair enough. I also love it for office buildings and such, like in this example from The Oldest House in Control, or Luthen’s shop or Coruscant in Andor.
Honestly it does look good in a way yeah. Especially for the mega structures. Nice
Living in Germany I can’t stand any more brutalism. It has become the “standard” because it’s just the cheapest to leave the raw concrete exposed.
Fair enough, to each their own. Although brutalism is more than just exposed concrete, that is definitely the signature thing.
More often than not Brutalism is nowadays used as an excuse for minimizing cost here. While some of the pictures shown here can look appealing, the style just doesn’t sit well with me considering how it is (mis)used here.
That’s fair, taste is subjective and formed for lots of reasons, I’m not telling you you’re wrong or anything.
Yeah I just don’t want to come off as crapping on an art style for no reason.
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Art Nouveau. So much beauty, style and experimentation in only 20 years.
Art deco.
Use LotR to tell the difference. If it looks like it was made by the elves, it’s art nouveau. It if looks like the dwarves cranked it out, it’s art deco.
Squares are a dead give away for dwarves. Knife ears don’t like square corners.
I was actually responding to OP’s question. I k ow the difference between them 😅
This is a really good comparison :)
Yes please. Fuck the white grey and black colour scheme of todays interiors.
Absolutely gonna agree with OP. Art deco is absolutely amazing and 100% my pic.
Waterfall. Agile is a mess.
Nice.
Art Deco and Art Nouveau both are great in my eyes. (Neo-)Gothic cathedrals and churches are also wonderful.
But one more regional thing: I really like the Brick Gothic style. It is robust against wear and tear and still looks great.
You can’t go wrong with brick!
Brutalism. The few brutalist buildings in my city are a welcome respite for the eyes against the blinged out crap they’re building nowadays.
Good brutalist architecture can take your breath away. It’s so solid, so permanent, so delightfully uncompromising.
We have some here! Unfortunately, it’s the Soviet style, “cold” brutalist architecture that feels quite hostile. I like the “warm” aesthetic like the DC Metro with the light playing across the waffle ceiling, and the warm, brown hexagonal tile underfoot. This picture appears to be artificially brightened:
