Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 452754)

Nice. But still none are as abominable as the Palace of the Parliment built by Ceauşescu in Bucharest - the world's largest civilian administrative building, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building. They demolished much of Bucharest's historic district, including 19 Orthodox Christian churches, six Jewish synagogues, three Protestant churches (plus eight relocated churches), and 30,000 residences, to build it. I heard that they wanted to blow it up, but it was too expensive:

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 452754)

Nice. But still none are as abominable as the Palace of the Parliment built by Ceauşescu in Bucharest - the world's largest civilian administrative building, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building. They demolished much of Bucharest's historic district, including 19 Orthodox Christian churches, six Jewish synagogues, three Protestant churches (plus eight relocated churches), and 30,000 residences, to build it. I heard that they wanted to blow it up, but it was too expensive:

http://www.astro-travels.com/picture...ent-Palace.jpg

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 452756)

At least the Yugoslav ones are interesting, albeit in a dated brutalist kind of way. That thing is just ugly without the quirkiness/novelty.

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 452754)

Nice. But still none are as abominable as the Palace of the Parliment built by Ceauşescu in Bucharest - the world's largest civilian administrative building, most expensive administrative building, and heaviest building. They demolished much of Bucharest's historic district, including 19 Orthodox Christian churches, six Jewish synagogues, three Protestant churches (plus eight relocated churches), and 30,000 residences, to build it. I heard that they wanted to blow it up, but it was too expensive:

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 452760)

Shit, that's sad.

I love the old Orthodox Churches in Greece and the Balkans. You can practically trip over them.

Originally Posted by LessinSF (Post 452754)

http://www.astro-travels.com/picture...ent-Palace.jpg

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 452779)

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 452707)

You get what you get and you don't get upset. My art is based on what I like (and more importantly, what's available that day from the limited websites I'm allowed to look at at work).

TM

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 452780)

photoshop

Originally Posted by notcasesensitive (Post 452780)

photoshop

Originally Posted by Sidd Finch (Post 452781)

I wasn't upset -- I was telling you what I most liked! Sheesh. Let a member of your audience express appreciation for your work.