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Guess the Architecture for 11/20/2018

Posted November 20, 2018 2:00 PM by MaggieMc

Can you guess this week's building?

A special thanks goes out to BestInShow for the suggestion!

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11/20/2018 4:30 PM

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11/20/2018 4:33 PM

No ... but that's a beautiful building!
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11/20/2018 11:17 PM

How's about the Teddy Geisel Library Building at (UCSD)UC San Diego CA! If skeptical, I could ferret out a picture but the sketch suffices to remind me of the structure dedicated to the 'Cat in the Hat' guy.
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11/21/2018 12:43 AM

Bingo!

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11/20/2018 11:19 PM

https://library.ucsd.edu/about/geisel-building.html
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11/21/2018 8:55 AM

Well done! Are you familiar with the UCSD campus or are you an aficionado of weird library architecture?
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11/21/2018 1:12 PM

Well... As an Architecture student at ASU many years ago, I happened to meet and become friends with Dr. H.S. Thompson who after asking my question that sealed our friendship for many years after... "when the going gets weird ~ the weird turn pro!"

However, at this time I live near San Diego, attended there for a Semester and do know that Theodore Geisel and his wife have been benefactors to the university in a generous manner before his death. Noting, the cantilevered building design is distinctive and pleasing to the eye and the weird. I don't think this response will be deemed 'off-topic'.
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11/21/2018 1:35 PM

Definitely not off-topic. I look at this building and wonder how the upper floors stay suspended. Figuring out how to build weird-looking buildings is one way to push the boundaries of design and materials, I guess.

Just hope the building works well as a library as well as an architectural statement.
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11/20/2018 11:43 PM

It looks Chinese from this angle, but I stand to be corrected
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11/21/2018 5:41 PM

Also reminiscent of the old pier in St. Petersburg, FL.

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11/21/2018 8:49 PM

That's been demolished, and a new pier is in the planning stages....

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