Architecture and Design

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  1. Tamstrong

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    Ribbon Chapel, Hiroshima, Japan designed by Hiroshi Nakamura

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    The temple of Samut Prakan in Thailand

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    Fort Bourtange, Holland

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    It's ugly, but it's sort of interesting.

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  14. beccaomecca

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    Thanks for bringing this thread back to life Tam! Who doesn’t love some good architecture!

    501A6610-18A2-4763-8AD4-84BE43E8BDE5.jpeg Dr Chau Chak Wing Building
    2014 was a big year for modern innovative design in Sydney. Not far down the road from One Central Park, another incredible build was taking place—the 13-storey Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, designed by acclaimed American architect Frank Own Gehry. Likened to a crumpled brown paper bag, the striking curved UTS business school building is made up of 320,000 custom-designed sandstone-coloured bricks and is the first building in Australia designed by Gehry.
     
  15. Tamstrong

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    You're welcome, Becca; thanks for contributing!

    I always wonder what inspires architects, and from what I read about this one it was based on the idea of a tree-house. I don't see it, but maybe it's just me. lol
     
  16. beccaomecca

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    Youre welcome lovely. I actually always wonder the same :) ha! I don’t see it either, but what I do see is a cigarette lol
     
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