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21st century architecture is better than earlier architecture
[ 2 ] (66.7%)
21st century architecture is worse than earlier architecture
[ 1 ] (33.3%)
beer is better than either
[ 0 ] (0%)

Total Members Voted: 3

Topic: 21st century architecture (Read 72895 times)

Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #225
I liked the way he claimed to have built it, putting the house-in-construction on a trailer and driving it from the lots of one subcontractor to the next, there were around a hundred of them. That's obviously a slow, if cheap and interesting, mode of construction.

I don't know it would take future owners to construct such a house if IKEA made flatpacks of them, still quite some time I would imagine. A more likely scenario would be robotic pre-assembly.

Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #226
A more likely scenario would be robotic pre-assembly.
When that happens, luxury houses will be made of stone, pure craftsmanship.
As houses have always been made this part of the globe.
A matter of attitude.

Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #227
I think we are getting close to the point where stone again is a cost-efficient building material. The problem with stone is not the material availability or cost, there are plenty stones, but that it is a less flexible material, and the labour cost is humongous.  Thus the prevalence of painted concrete, particularly for cheaper buildings.

Computer-cut stone in robot assembly could make up for these shortcomings.

Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #228
Another year, another series. BBC2 has one called The World's Most Extraordinary Homes. The first series had settings (Mountain, Forest, Coast, Underground). The second is organised by country. Mostly non-urban homes (often extremely much so), so that should please some here. 

Portugal
https://youtu.be/zZaxtn9XDRk

Switzerland

Japan
https://youtu.be/1qQ0O3_Ik8s

USA (all Florida)
https://youtu.be/GNtqCyIqRGU

Spain and India 

Norway
https://youtu.be/qTdlcWS-N0g

Israel
https://youtu.be/V4OMLNVoSxs

Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #229
After the (empty) houses of some millionaires that Jax loves, I suggest:
Living Big in a Tiny House
(The series is too much American/British style....)

A matter of attitude.


Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #231
Links rot much faster than timber.


Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #233
Very interesting.
A matter of attitude.

Re: 21st century architecture

Reply #234
Living Big in a Tiny House
Interesting! The first episode I watched (I all-but regretted my machine's lack of sound), a Tiny House for 8 grand, in - was it New Zealand? I'm sorely tempted to stow away aboard a plane or ship, to visit Kiwi-land and have me a look around... Who knows? If I find enough Tiny Houses™?, I might find a way to make some money -bucks or NZD, I'm really not particular!
And I could use a vacation; a tiny house appears to be not bigger than a tent, by very much... 'Twould almost feel like camping, in a clutch. I'd have to have my guitar, pen and pad,  and other useful stuff; new glasses, new prescription, and a handy-dandy phone. (I'd not prefer to lose the touch I'm in with those a home...) My baby grand piano must perforce remain alone, pining (I wish hopefully) as much as I had done! (The rhyme is false because I lied; my upright's with my ex... And so's the tangled sense I tried to wrangle with pretext...) But I had only recently sat down the Way of Stein, looking at it lovingly! And wishing it were mine. A Lotto win, would buy it; I could play, if I could play... I used to sort of managed, in my own peculiar way.  A stroke has left me crippled in some few peculiar wise: My left hand won't do anything my right hand even tries! Even should I conquer this debilitating plight, I fear, the instrument is huge- too big, and not too light,... Too near the very size of houses built to be too tight. To fit a tiny house I guess I'd have to bring my tools... We're talking of a box of them, perforce a largish saw... And I could never bring myself to risk the Kiwi law!

[I won't apologize! I'm having too much fun to stop. TaTa, I've got to run... BBL]
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