Thursday 27 November 2008

Arkangelsk

This is probably one of my favourite buildings, and it wasn't even built by an Architect, but a retired russian gangster in a small town in Russia's far north-western region. It shoots up to a staggering 13 floor structure (originally only being 2), apparently built over the course of 15 years, received a head load of criticism from neighbours and the community wants it down, which I honestly don't understand why. I mean, it's so beautiful. It makes me think it was built by a really crafty child trying to imitate the Kiyomizu-dera combed with a giant fairytale-like treehouse, where the floors, roofs and walls overlap and withstood a mild tornado.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

i would have to agree with u...