/r/ArchitecturalRevival
This sub is dedicated to the appreciation of traditional architecture, with a view to increasing the appetite for architectural revival. Posts should be of old and new buildings in a traditionalist style. Please read the rules before posting.
r/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.
Revivalist Quotes "Put usefulness first, and you lose it; put beauty first, and what you do will be useful forever" - Roger Scruton
"Architecture has its political Use; public Buildings being the Ornament of a Country; it establishes a Nation, draws People and Commerce; makes the People love their native Country, which Passion is the Original of all great Actions in a Common-wealth.... Architecture aims at Eternity" - Christopher Wren
"Beauty matters. It's not just a subjective thing, but a universal need of human beings. If we ignore this need we find ourselves in a spiritual desert." - - Roger Scruton
"Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire." - Gustav Mahler
"Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent." - Roger Scruton
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
Architectural Styles Post This great post from when the sub first formed details the different architectural styles:
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I am the only to (generally) support Architectural Uprising and like some Modernist/Brutalist buildings?
[I guess I will get downvoted, but hear me out]
Firstly, I am not an architect, so my viewpoint is amateurish. Besides, my perspective on Modernism in architecture is quite limited, since in my city there were no major modernist projects since the time before I was born.
I live in a post-Soviet capital city (namely Chişinău), and enjoy seeing both historic mansions, houses or churches built in the downtown (~1830-1940), and 1970-1980s brutalist/modernist edifices. I find the late to be occasionally fitting in the architectural environment, and I reckon that they represent quite a high architectural value. I hold the same opinion about the interwar (1920-1930) modernist movement of Romania, namely the work of architects such as Marcel Iancu and Horia Creangă. Finally, I find some of the projects of Oscar Nineyer (Brazilia) to be pleasant and valuable, though the city of Brasilia to me feels like an urbanistic failure.
However, I feel upset about the cities like Helsinki, Viena, St.Louis, etc where historical quarters/buildings were torn down for replacing them with modernist edifices. I find demolishing or mutilating old architecture to be, in general, an act of barbarity, denoting the lack of culture, the weakness of civic society. However, I consider that Modernism and Brutalism was fit for rebuilding cities destroyed by the WW2, or for constructing new major districts (here I speak strictly of the former USSR).
As for the more recent times, I passionately hate the majority of what was built in my city since 1991. I can't describe the new buildings as Modernist, not even as kitsch, they represent a drab, artless lumps of whatever they use as material. As to real Modernism, I think it is suitable nowadays, but the buildings must not be multi-storeyed, they should be erected from sustainable materials, and have a humane scale. I would prefer a tighly-knit small district over a huge shapeless building. But on the same time I would like to see old architectural styles revived, reshapen, adapted to our new conditions, and started being used once more.
What do you think?
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Kraków, Poland.
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"Hermitage of Memory" in Sesimbra, Portugal. Built in the 15th century.
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A pub in London that was demolished and recreated
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Lublin, Poland.
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Indian King with Elephant Statue
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"Palace of the Captain-Generals", former residence of the Portuguese governor of Mozambique, built in the 17th century. Now a museum.
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Łódź, Poland.
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Wuzhen (“Crow Township”) in Zhejiang
A quintessential Jiangnan water town and example of Su style architecture with a long history. There are records of the township even in the Spring and Autumn Period (770 to 481 BCE) under the name of Wushu 乌戍 “Crow Garrison,” in which it was a military encampment belonging to the State of Chu.
The current structures mostly date back to the Ming dynasty. Homes are built directly against the water using white walls and black tile. The Eastern district is original and residential, while the Western district is a more recent expansion in the same architectural style.
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The original plans for NYC’s Grand Central Station.
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Since we all like Traditional Architecture, I don't see many people talking about this Movement.
The Aesthetic city is a movement focused on restoring the teachings of Classical Architecture while also incorporating Classical urbanism(AKA Walkable cities). They make multiple videos and have a social Media page and much much more, I would like to see your guys opinion on these people.
This is their Youtube Channel btw: https://www.youtube.com/@the_aesthetic_city
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La Habana Capitolio
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Bydgoszcz, Poland.
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Vidhan Sabha, Bengaluru India. Their Legislative Assemby.
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