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The Marin County Civic Center, in California, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the late 1950s, and Wright completed the plans before his death in 1959. Construction of the Civic Center started in 1960 and was completed in 1962. I visited the Civic Center decades ago, and its impact on my aesthetic architectural sense continues today.
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I appreciate traditional architecture, and mostly abhor modern architecture since most modern architecture is just about making a box of varied sizes (depending on how many people or conveyor belts you wanna fit in it) and more advanced architecture is mixing and matching more boxes (kinda like minecraft)
I once went to a rural village in china that was primarily (almost exclusively) populated by old houses utilizing traditional chinese architecture, it was heaven, you don’t properly realize how oppressive and dystopian the atmosphere that modern architecture creates is until you get a break from it.
The galaxy soho and heydar aliyev centers lok cool, but they’re missing a certain warmth and care that went into traditional architecture, it’s probably the dull flat and boring white color scheme. Maybe also the plain concrete and glass construction materials.
That last one you linked is honestly just butt ugly, museum of art? Well i’m not really surprised that a museum of art has an ugly design with no heart; it fits, most art museums these days are soulless husks. (Actually as far as I can tell, they’ve never been anything else in the first place)
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Since you seem to be appreciative of Art in general and Modern Art in particular, here is some fine example of Pop Art for you 
Homage to Andy, 2024, @pebcak
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This must have taken you some time! I like the resulting image very much. Are things loose or glued? Can you put it in a wall?
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It was just me Gimp-ing around a bit using my current avatar 
I wanted to make an “Homage to Warhol” as I did one for Pollock but wasn’t sure what image to use. My avatar came to the rescue.
Unfortunately it is a low resolution image so I don’t think it would serve for anything. Beside posting it up in EnOS’ pub 
Thanks for your kind words @lxnauta !
PS. perhaps I should be making an “homage series” 
May be one for Marcel Duchamp next time
Actually I was referring to the Pollock Homage. though I also appreciate a Warhol can of soup and the likes.
For Duchamp, any public loo would do, wouldn’t it?
(A homage to Giacometti should also be interesting.)
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Ah… sorry, I didn’t notice you had replied to another post further up.
I feel just ashamed now if I gave the impression that I had made “the piece” myself.
I wish I had the creativity and patience to do it but that is just a photo I made from a public bulletin board on a rainy day I did though some post editing, if that counts as an artistic contribution Sorry!
You read my mind 
Now i have to find something else
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Small contributions might be akin to standing on the shoulders of giants. Anyway, great piece to look at, regardless of how many authorships it has, and the concept of art for the art’s sake could well push the limit of linearity in authorship. I love Pollock, especially since having seen his works in front of me (which also happened to me with works by Van Gogh and Rodin in a striking fashion).
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That is an interesting way of looking at it. It reminds a bit of “participatory art” which invites the audience into the creative process, transforming them from passive observers into co-creators. But perhaps not fully applicable to photo I made from a part of public bulletin board on a rainy day.
Anyways, interesting to ponder about what could be art and what Art could be.
Now you made me jealous I have never had the opportunity to see his work “live” so to speak.
I had to dig my memory with some help of the Internet. It was in Tate gallery, this one spans for More than 5 metres!
“Live”, the texture and relief give it a whole more depth. I remember feeling this at the time, and this was almost 20 years ago. I was awestruck, which is what art you connect with makes you feel, isn’t it? And if that feeling endures, there’s something wonderful about it. I can compare it to travelling, in that both leave an unforgettable image, feeling and situation for a whole lot of time. That’s also in the depth of a work of art. Is this thread also a bit about digressing? 
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Thanks @lxnauta for sharing the link! That’s an amazing piece of Artwork!
Thanks also for sharing your thoughts and feelings about art. I cannot but agree.
Hommage à Alberto Giacometti, 2024, @pebcak
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I’ve got a mate who takes photos of bins everywhere he travels
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Interesting!
I think I do have a few photos of bins myself too 
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Hommage á Marcel Duchamp, 2024, @pebcak
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Homenaje a Pablo, 2024, @pebcak
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