c/ArchitecturalRevival Rules
- Be civil and please keep discussion based around architecture.
- Please include the location (including the country) in any post.
- We would like to keep this as an architecture-only sub, so all memes must be based in architecture.
- Posts should include traditional architecture or architectural revival.
- Please include an image (photo or meme or drawing) with any post.
Why Beauty Matters Brilliant documentary by the late, great Sir Roger Scruton called Why Beauty Matters. Highly recommended viewing for anyone interested in architectural revival.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5tuGjzXJ9k
(sidebar and rules mostly lifted from /r/ArchitecturalRevival)
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Architectural Revival @lemmy.ca NotSteve_ @lemmy.ca Hôtel de Ville de Montréal, designed by Henri-Maurice Perrault and Alexander Hutchison in the Second Empire Style. Construction started in 1872
The original building was unfortunately gutted by a fire in March 1922 leaving only the outer walls. Architect Louis Parant was commissioned for the reconstruction who decided to build an entirely new building which included a remodelling of the Mansard roof into a new Beaux-Arts inspired model. The new building opened in 1926 -
Architectural Revival @lemmy.ca NotSteve_ @lemmy.ca Central Chambers (Ottawa, 1890)
Central Chambers was built between 1890 and 1893 and designed by John James Browne of Montreal, an example of Queen Anne Revival commercial architecture. Formerly serving as an office for the Canadian Atlantic Railway, it now houses the National Capital Commission
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Architectural Revival @lemmy.ca NotSteve_ @lemmy.ca The Hollywood Parade, designed and built by James Corry in 1892 in Ottawa, ON Canada
It's not the fanciest ever but it's a building I walk by often and I always stop to look at the brickwork. The amount of detail that went into these town houses is just remarkable. Sorry for the low quality images, they're the only ones I could find. (Source)