Creative Brickwork

[Steven Hockstein]

While on vacation a few weeks ago I visited this building a few blocks from our hotel. Not only was it a far out design, it was also technically interesting.

Thought some of you may also enjoy seeing this.

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[Jim Baird]

....so Gaudi-esque...

Looks lot way better than most these days.

[Marc]

Designer musta been smokin' sumptin the day this was on the drawing board.

Marc

[mlparham]

The protruding windows look like nothing but trouble. Were was the building located?

[Mark P]

Nice, where is it?

[Steven Hockstein]

Nice, where is it?

It is a university building in Sydney.

Here is a link for anyone that is interested in how it was actually built. It is detailed better than most of the ordinary buildings that we see. Time will tell how it holds up.

[kurt]

Good video. The

shows more detail in how it's laid up. The whole clip and tie system is remarkable. Looks like a good cavity, they've got the MortarNet w/the insect screen, etc.

I've not decided what I think about the building as architecture, but it's fascinating, that's for sure.

[Steven Hockstein]

Good video. The

shows more detail in how it's laid up. The whole clip and tie system is remarkable. Looks like a good cavity, they've got the MortarNet w/the insect screen, etc.

I've not decided what I think about the building as architecture, but it's fascinating, that's for sure.

I like that Gehry pushes the rules and makes us all think differently about buildings. The inside was creative in some featured areas and functionally ordinary in most others.

[Rob Amaral]

cool stuff.. we have one here as well... apparently it turned out for a while to be a 'real leaker'... I'm not sure if they continue to have issues...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_and_M ... ata_Center

[Chad Fabry]

...and every day, all one could hear was a murmur of WTF? from a hundred tradesmen.

(an excerpt from the book, "How This Building Was Built")