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The Making of a $500M Mansion in L.A.
- searine 11y agoThat is the kind of tasteless shit architecture that only LA could produce.
- rwbt 11y agoSadly, there is some truth to it.
- danhak 11y agoHere, cleanse your palette with some architectural masterpieces that only LA could produce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffith_Observatory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheats_Goldstein_Residence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheats_Goldstein_Residence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stahl_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stahl_House https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Columbia_Building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Columbia_Building
- rwbt 11y agoTo be fair all of the above were built before 1970s. There are a few modern buildings like "The Broad" that are quite interesting. But overwhelmingly LA architecture is now dominated by tasteless developers like the one described in the article.
- 7Figures2Commas 11y agoThanks for your feedback on the quality of the architecture. Are you suggesting that I try to come in with a starting offer of $350 and see if we can close somewhere just north of $400?
- msandford 11y agoWas anyone else surprised that a $500mm house is still built with cheap plywood and such? I mean, I get that every penny counts, but surely it would only increase the cost of the building by 0.1% if they used nothing but first grade cabinet plywood everywhere or better still, didn't use any plywood.
- bigdubs 11y agoFor 500MM I'd want something that you could nuke from orbit and it would still be standing.
- 7Figures2Commas 11y agoI represent a seller with a property in South America that might meet your needs. Are you in the market?
- xenihn 11y agoIt'd probably have to be a monolithic dome
- CyberDildonics 11y agoThat was only the top part of it, below it was a much bigger part made of concrete.
- msandford 11y agoFair point, but in my mind for $500mm any wood should be at least 3" thick reclaimed teak or more expensive.
- bmelton 11y agoJavanese wooden houses are made of teak, which proved not to be terribly good in earthquakes. Plywood, despite its low-brow demeanor, is far more suited to flexing than hard teak wood. If we're talking boats, on the other hand, then teak is the clear winner.
- ilaksh 11y agohttps://runvnc.github.io/tinyvillage/ https://runvnc.github.io/tinyvillage/
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- poelzi 11y agojust stupid