Bumping because, like architecture itself, it should be difficult to escape from this thread entirely. Probably, as you read this, you are sitting in a piece of architure already and even if you rush outside, you'll have to shut your eyes to avoid seeing more of the stuff.
If you
are sitting at home, I wonder how you like your house? Mine is more or less like one of these:-
It's unexceptional and too modern for my liking, but it's practical and, as it's only rented, I can console myself by dreaming of the day I buy Hadlow Tower in S E England:-
^ This is a private home, built rather whimsically in the Victorian era. Does it remind anyone else of the more famous Burj Khalifa Tower? Burj K is on a slightly grander scale of course, but its designers seem to have followed some similar engineering principles, especially in chosing a shape for max stability and wind resistance:-
(My house, in comparison, adopts the Shycouch approach to wind resistance: Huddle down with everyone else and perhaps the wind won't notice you.
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