Live in the City

Live in the city. Life in the city. And outside. Pictures from a professional urban designer.

[citylivve]

Scans

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Own photos

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[yodaprod]

[tokyostreetphoto]

Prison, Kichijoji 吉祥寺

[withdastars]

Barbican Estate located in London, constructed between the 1960s to the 70s by architects Chamberlin, Powell and Bon.

[yodaprod]

Hollywood (1967)

[colonellickburger]

Peter Mitchell. Tetley Malthouse, Mill Street, junction of Cross Mill Street, Leeds, winter 1973

[tokyostreetphoto]

Triangle, Shibuya 渋谷

[dankomaksimovic]

ph. Danko Maksimovic - Hamburg, Germany (2024)

Film: Kodak Portra 800

[kottianer36]

Der Frühling rückt näher...

[obsessedbyneon]

In 2022, I visited Vienna and because it's on Stephansplatz, opposite of the cathedral, you can't miss HAAS HAUS.

Most people only look at Domkirche Stephan. Which is why you get weird looks when you turn around and only make pictures of Hollein's creation.

With the building came the disappointment: Haas Haus has been 'hollowed out' by different new functions; a hotel, jewelry shop and ZARA share the interior. The ZARA made a mess of the original layout, by having their own and weird little escalators and dusty clothes departments.

On the outside however, it still holds up. A really nice (I think original) detail is the tabacco leaf. This shop showroom-ing has Hollein's fingerprint all over it.

Under neath the building is the most important U-bahn station of Vienna. The entrances also breath Hollein's fancy way of making those. Also the jewelry shop's.

Some more night pictures:

I think the City of Vienna could have done a better job at preserving Haas Haus. It really is a significant building in Vienna (I've seen it in many brochures and maps), it's the principal work of one of Austria's foremost architects. But I'm also aware Money Is Everything in this city.

[cyberneurotism]

Electra Clock Radio Telephone (1980s)

[salantami]

Les Étoiles (“The Stars”) in Ivry-sur-Seine, France, is one of the most iconic examples of post-war experimental housing. Designed by architect Jean Renaudie in the 1970s, the complex rejects the monotony of uniform blocks — instead, it bursts into angular terraces, sharp geometries, and lush rooftop gardens.

Photograph: Robert Doisneau

[y2k-fantastic]

My own 7th Gen Toyota Celica from 2003. Pure joy

[gothredy]

[bmasiac]

Richard Nadler

[sandmandaddy69]

Richard Nadler

[obsessedbyneon]

Cody Seipp imagines Detroit as Amazon's "hyper-designed" headquarters, 2018 (link)

The axonometric urban scheme was made in 2018, when Amazon was shopping around for the best tax haven in de US to build it's new headquarters. Detroit is taken over by Amazon in architecture student Cody Seipp's conceptual project, which envisions the US city in 2051 following a major redevelopment orchestrated by the retail giant.