"Do you know this building?" Game Thread

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Colon Theater, Buenos Aires

 

Right you are.

Please give us a new one.

[jdlaing]

Alrighty

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The Indian research base at Antarctica

[jdlaing]

The Indian research base at Antarctica

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please continue i don't have many photos of buildings.

[Michael Geschlecht]

Heloooooo Out There,

Does any 1 have a photo of a Building or the Like?

Perhaps a Byzantine Edifice? Or possibly a Baroque or Romanesque Residence?

An Inukok would also be Appreciated. A Pyramid Perhaps?

Best Regards,

Michael

[adan]

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Try this one - as usual, extra credit for date and architect(s):

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Edited October 17, 2018 by adan

[stuny]

I'm thinking of either the US or Scandinavia.

[adan]

It is the US.

[stuny]

Probably the US West, but not Southwest.

[adan]

Neither west nor southwest.

[mich]

My first thoughts were 'ugly concrete building = Oskar Niemeyer' 😀

Next idea was some kind of museum, sixties, color field painting, Mark Rothko ....

But to be honest, I have no clue! 😐

[Michael Geschlecht]

Hello Andy,

Could we be either in Pennsylvania? Or somewhere nearby?

Best Regards,

Michael

[adan]

Not in or near Pennsylvania.

Mich - there was a "near miss" in the careers of this architect and Niemeyer, interrupted by US politics in the early 1950s. Close, but no cigar.

This building does coincidentally contain a small museum, although that is about 5% of the space and function.

[mich]

Are we talking about the McCarthy era? The only architect, that I can connect to this time, is Gregory Ain. It just doesn't seem to be his style. Looks more like Louis Kahn or Philip Johnson.

 

I believe your pic shows just a small detail of a much bigger building, so it is a bit tricky. 😉

23 hours ago, adan said:

Mich - there was a "near miss" in the careers of this architect and Niemeyer, interrupted by US politics in the early 1950s.

 

Edited October 20, 2018 by mich

[Michael Geschlecht]

Helloooooo Andy,

What do you think about Mich's answer?

By the way: Perhaps Florida?

Best Regards,

Michael

[adan]

Oh - I read his answer as general comment, not a guess. (It does look like Kahn - and Le Corbusier, and Rudolph, and KMc&K, and dozens of other mid-century architects who used betón brut (rough-cast concrete) ).

However, not Ain, Johnson, or Kahn. And not Florida

[mich]

Is it part of a university campus or a municipal building?

Would a pic of the complete building make it easy to identify?

Edited October 28, 2018 by mich

[adan]

1. Yes

2. Maybe - but probably not to the extent of, say, the Sydney Opera House or 3 St. Mary's Axe.

Quite a few pictures on this thread have shown "parts" of buildings, often a much smaller area than my entry. It is (sometimes) part of the game.

I will give the hint that it would be almost impossible to photograph all of this building at once, without stitching, or from the air, or perhaps a 6mm fisheye. A combination of size and location.

Another angle, however....

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Edited October 28, 2018 by adan

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[AZach]

Your clues could point at Le Corbusier, that you mention but do not exclude. His creation of Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts could by style match your pictures as well. It was designed in collaboration with Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente from Chile and completed 1962.