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Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:31 pm
by mr_morgan
Arthur Vladimirovich Skizhali-Weiss was a Soviet/Russian architect who helped design a number of large facilities in Moscow from the mid-80's to the mid-90's. Later, he began to focus on theoretical architecture instead, opting to draft and draw many fantastical and daunting structures. Some of his better-known work comes from his 1999-2014 collection titled
The Magic City, which contains some of the below pieces.
Unfortunately, Skizhali-Weiss passed away just last year at the age of 59. I haven't known of his work long, but what I have seen of his inspires a deep awe for a past that never was and a future yet to come. I hope you enjoy his work as I do.
- The Magic City (2002)
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- The Road of Triumphant Processions (2002)
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- Aquapolis (2004)
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Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:39 pm
by mr_morgan
Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:58 pm
by mr_morgan
- Mysterious Structures in the Desert (2004)
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- Vertical District (2004)
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- Recreation of Vertical District by Josh Brockett (2021)
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Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:41 pm
by Jim Mathias
Whimsically imagined structures, no doubt. I'm reminded of the Colossus of Rhodes and the fate that befell it though.
- Just one little earthquate took it down
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Colossus of Rhodes, colossal statue of the sun god Helios that stood in the ancient Greek city of Rhodes and was one of the Seven Wonders of the World. The sculptor Chares of Lyndus (another city on the island) created the statue, which commemorated the raising of Demetrius I Poliorcetes’ long siege (305 bce) of Rhodes. Made of bronze and reinforced with iron, it was weighted with stones. The Colossus was said to be 70 cubits (105 feet [32 metres]) high and stood beside Mandrákion harbour, perhaps shielding its eyes with one hand, as a representation in a relief suggests. It is technically impossible that the statue could have straddled the harbour entrance, and the popular belief that it did so dates only from the Middle Ages.
The statue, which took 12 years to build (c. 294–282 bce), was toppled by an earthquake about 225/226 bce. The fallen Colossus was left in place until 654 ce, when Arabian forces raided Rhodes and had the statue broken up and the bronze sold for scrap. Supposedly, the fragments totaled more than 900 camel loads.
Source:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Chares-of-Lindos
Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:34 pm
by Will Williams
mr_morgan wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 12:31 pm
Arthur Vladimirovich Skizhali-Weiss was a Soviet/Russian architect who helped design a number of large facilities in Moscow from the mid-80's to the mid-90's. Later, he began to focus on theoretical architecture instead, opting to draft and draw many fantastical and daunting structures. Some of his better-known work comes from his 1999-2014 collection titled
The Magic City, which contains some of the below pieces...
(2004) Aquapolis.jpg
Fascinating. Thanks, Mr. Morgan. Twenty years ago I climbed to the top of the most fantastical structure I've ever seen up close -- also Russian, and actually built in the 16th century in what's now Red Square in Moscow's Kremlin fortress.
The Russian people are our racial cousins, not our enemies, despite what saber-rattling Jew media and their puppets in the White House and Congress keep telling us -- same with the German people we vanquished so unnecessarily at the hands of the same treacherous, anti-White tribe that controlled FDR 80 years ago.
Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:24 pm
by mr_morgan
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Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 9:09 pm
by natmanwhite
Re: Magic Cities and The Man That Can't Build Them
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:08 pm
by Will Williams
I checked out Mr. Nasmith's site. His architectural renderings are nice, but not overly impressive.
This, found in his autobiography, makes me think Ted is ineligible to be an Aliance member:
In recent years, before and after moving to the town of Newmarket, where I currently live with my partner...