Traditional Skyscrapers

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nobody@flickr.com (mag3737) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 10:10:20 -0700

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Highrise / Skyscraper / Architecture Forums & Sites - Links recommended

nobody@flickr.com (bauerbe_mv) — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 17:07:37 -0700

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Ahoi :)

Feel free to post forums related forums or sites here. Everything concerning highrises, skyscrapers and architecture might be of interest.

My favourite urban & construction forum: www.skyscrapercity.com

A thread in there dealing with Art Déco highrises: www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1263823

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nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:49:06 -0800

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And also feel free to search the pool for "India", "Gopuram", "Minaret", etc.

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nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:58:53 -0800

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My first gallery about skyscrapers:

www.flickr.com/photos/28981265@N08/galleries/721576228606...

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nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:18:40 -0800

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OK, I start. I would like to promote the galleries I assembled:

www.flickr.com/photos/28981265@N08/galleries/

Promote art-related stuff here

nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:17:22 -0800

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If there's a group, set, gallery or even a single image you would like to promote - post the links to them here.

American and Soviet Skyscrapers

nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:49:20 -0800

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Me and my Mom have been talking about Art Deco and Stalinist Skyscrapers and came to conclusion that Soviet skyscrapers were designed to impress while approaching them and looking at them from afar, while American skyscrapers were designed to impress while looking at them from other skyscrapers (otherwise you can't really make up the decorations). What do you guys think about it?

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nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:50:09 -0800

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Please check out the first pages (currently the first page is page #111) for those:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/traditional_skyscrapers/pool/page111/

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nobody@flickr.com (AlexeiK) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:11:30 -0700

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Art Deco is an extremely interesting style - it was very receptive to Native American and African motifs - being spiritually close to non-European art in the first place. In Europe, abstraction thrived only in the East (icon-painting) but for Western Europe it took a while to develop a mature taste for abstraction. For non-European folks abstraction comes naturally - Art Deco was a major style developed by Europeans.

To tell you the truth, both Art Deco and Persian styles feel so sacred to me that I intentionally avoid researching it beyond a certain point - when too much information would ruin this perception - I prefer to feel these styles, rather than doing the same research and organization I'm doing on Russian architecture ( www.skypalace.org/europe/slavic/east_slavic/russia.shtml ). Which is also sacred but in a different way.

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nobody@flickr.com (bauerbe_mv) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:27:30 -0700

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Is there such a thing? In some former oriental colony perhaps?

And which Art Deco works do you prefer?