Dome Houses
They’re kooky! They’re cute! They’re vastly smarter from a geo-conservation point of view. They can be VERY retro future which is the tethered string of logic we use to validate the presence of such posts on this blog. But really, […]
architecture
Willy Wonka House on Acid (Javier Senosiain)
Javier Senosiain is a Mexican architect who champions a style called organic architecture. Now i know you’re here because you heard “willy wonka house on acid” so before i dribble on further allow me to show you the goods. This […]
Retro Future Bubble House
As we here are interested in all things retro future, not just steampunk (because i could, if i wanted, i’m not saying i will, i’m just saying i could write a trilogy of operas: after The Steampunk Opera wuold be […]
Atompunk Architecture In The Workers’ Paradise
As part of our little affair with atompunk era architecture (for those just joining us, atompunk refers to the period of the 1950s to the 1970s. Not simply that era, but that era’s vision of the future is what is Atompunk) it would […]
Prefab Now. Imagining tomorrow today.
Basically, in my research for yesterday’s retro future prefab stuff, i cam across so much batshit awesome prefab architecture ideas happening now, that i simply have to do another prefab post. This is not the past imagining the future, this is us now imagining […]
Absolutely Prefab: Prefab for an Atompunk world
Although Prefab seems so very Atompunk (post WWII-70s) it actually began Steampunk, in Victorian times. Prefab or previsouly fabricated refers to housing that is built off site than put together later, on the actual housing plot. Our modern concept of […]
Philaphilia
Today we’re going to feature an awesome blog that captivated my attention last night: philaphilia.blogspot.com/ The guy is a total building geek who lives in Philadelphia. Using a tirade of profanity he picks out historical buildings (and empty lots) around […]
Raygun Gothic: Googie
Yes, wtf indeed. No this is a real thing. Raygun Gothic is a general term for retro futuristic science fiction environments. Once upon a time, from the 40s to the 60s, they imagined the future. It was bright and slick and […]
Bauhaus
Sooner or later in discussion of the Weimar era one cannot avoid the Bauhaus school and movement. The Bauhaus school went in parallel with the era itself. It opened in 1919 and closed its doors in 1933 under extreme pressure […]
Steampunk House
I keep waiting for the day when there’s just nothing to post on. When i run out of Steampunky things. It isn’t like i had any real knowledge of steampunk before i thought of writing the opera and began this blog in […]