Steamy Steampunk Buildings

yereverluvinunclebert · January 03, 2016, 03:07:43 AM

Those colonial stations are mirrored from our country halts.

Holt Station Norfolk.

Hurricane Annie · January 03, 2016, 03:59:59 AM

yes our colonial stations were a copy of the proud edifices in the old country . Sadly many were made out of wood , roading took over while train travel dwindled and many of our fine structures went to ruin.

Along side the tracks the Railways company built houses for its workers . These houses were named " Railways Houses" and developed an undesirable reputation as slum housing. They were allowed to go fallow and were often abandoned.

In recent years they have become sought after as removable homes and real estate , as often happens. Near here a set of houses were readied for sale by the local authority. It was discovered that some time in the last few decades that one was missing and must have been stolen.

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/culture/we-call-it-home/outside-the-mainstream
http://www.renovate.org.nz/bungalow/other-1920s-building-styles/railways-cottage/

Rimutaka Incline circa 1890

yereverluvinunclebert · January 03, 2016, 05:58:37 AM

They look gorgeous - strange how styles and buildings go into and out of fashion.

Hurricane Annie · January 03, 2016, 06:44:22 AM

Quote from: yereverluvinunclebert on January 03, 2016, 05:58:37 AM
They look gorgeous - strange how styles and buildings go into and out of fashion.

There is so much we take for granted as cute and quaint that an older generation cringe at and have memories or feelings of dismal drabness

chironex · January 03, 2016, 09:38:00 AM

This installation was built to a standard Victorian pattern, and once housed the North Queensland Military Museum, I don't know what they are going to do with the space now.
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/On-the-roof-of-the-Magazine-446750188
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/steps-to-the-magazine-446750885
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Defying-the-Storm-2-446749991

Hurricane Annie · January 03, 2016, 10:13:23 AM

Quote from: chironex on January 03, 2016, 09:38:00 AM
This installation was built to a standard Victorian pattern, and once housed the North Queensland Military Museum, I don't know what they are going to do with the space now.
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/On-the-roof-of-the-Magazine-446750188
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/steps-to-the-magazine-446750885
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Defying-the-Storm-2-446749991

Military installations are intriguing buildings

yereverluvinunclebert · January 03, 2016, 04:22:39 PM

Steamy? perhaps earlier than steamy, perhaps medieval-y. Norwich Castle.

Now a local fort, Roman to be exact.

A contrast between the mechanical and the ancient and warlike... an old fort.

Not steamy at all - but a good castle, local to me. I am sure we could make it steamy given a contraption here and there upon the walls.

Hurricane Annie · January 03, 2016, 05:44:13 PM

Castles have a steampunk flavour all their own

What would a mad scientist be with out his castle

yereverluvinunclebert · January 04, 2016, 01:26:07 AM

Those last three places are all local to me and I can visit them whenever I want... lucky chap me.

Hurricane Annie · January 04, 2016, 01:45:17 AM

Quote from: yereverluvinunclebert on January 04, 2016, 01:26:07 AM
Those last three places are all local to me and I can visit them whenever I want... lucky chap me.

You are blessed indeed !

chironex · January 04, 2016, 11:37:14 AM

I went for a long walk today and here are a few choice pieces:
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Old-Townsville-Courthouse-582328572
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Weatherboard-Gothic-582334230
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/potters-house-582332950
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Sacred-Heart-Landscape-582322877
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Holy-Blending-582322342

RJBowman · January 06, 2016, 09:44:37 PM

Not steam era, but...

Photo from D.L. Hudson's department store in Detroit; date unknown, but certainly prior to the mass-merchandised packaged toy stores of today. Does anyplace have archways or display cases like this any more?

yereverluvinunclebert · January 07, 2016, 05:07:59 AM

Harrod's Food Hall, properly steamy

yereverluvinunclebert · January 07, 2016, 05:13:41 AM

Harrod's Clothing Department:

Drew P · January 09, 2016, 02:18:19 PM

I want to go back to those times and just look at everything!

yereverluvinunclebert · January 10, 2016, 03:04:00 PM

Those are how Harrod's looks now, you can go and look whenever you want. Just buy a ticket to the UK.

All the images I have posted are how the places look today.

Hurricane Annie · January 10, 2016, 03:34:36 PM

Quote from: yereverluvinunclebert on January 10, 2016, 03:04:00 PM
Those are how Harrod's looks now, you can go and look whenever you want. Just buy a ticket to the UK.

All the images I have posted are how the places look today.

That glory of older buildings insitu amoungst us , is something those of us in the colonies have no chance to appreciate. Most buildings are less than 100 yrs old and made of wood, including those built by native peoples and colonists in these countries. They don't stand up to the elements over time. The old is quickly knocked down for the new.

In Europe and the larger sub continents of Africa, India and the Middle East , there are buildings that have stood longer than there has been people in New Zealand [about 700 yr ]

yereverluvinunclebert · January 10, 2016, 11:33:26 PM

My local church is older than that, dates from 1100 approx. One of my local pubs has had people drinking in it regularly since before 1066. See earlier photos in this thread of the "Royal Standard of England" in Forty Green - I just carry on the tradition by drinking there.

New Zealand is only the other side of the world, you can always get a ticket to ride and come and tour the old world. Sounds as if you'd enjoy yourself.

Hurricane Annie · January 11, 2016, 02:02:09 AM

Quote from: yereverluvinunclebert on January 10, 2016, 11:33:26 PM
My local church is older than that, dates from 1100 approx. One of my local pubs has had people drinking in it regularly since before 1066. See earlier photos in this thread of the "Royal Standard of England" in Forty Green - I just carry on the tradition by drinking there.

New Zealand is only the other side of the world, you can always get a ticket to ride and come and tour the old world. Sounds as if you'd enjoy yourself.

One day....I do enjoy the books of pictorial works ...

chironex · January 19, 2016, 07:52:47 AM

One more, from inside the Workshops Museum:
http://thoughtengine.deviantart.com/art/Bondwood-hut-585374130

yereverluvinunclebert · January 19, 2016, 01:56:52 PM

These platelayers huts were/are all over Britain by the sides of railway lines.

We used to use one by the mainline at Henley-on-Thames for late night drinking after the pubs had shut early (so we could win the 1st world war - this was the early 80s).

We'd light a fire in the grate and close the door and have a smoky sing song with cider and good proper beer and play games until the early morn, listening to the trains pass and the dawn chorus arriving.

chironex · January 23, 2016, 09:25:59 AM

yereverluvinunclebert · January 23, 2016, 02:54:14 PM

Have a look at this chaps whole gallery for steamy, steampunk buildings:

http://kippa2001.deviantart.com/

Start from the beginning and work to the end.

His gallery IS THIS THREAD.

Serrac · January 23, 2016, 03:21:47 PM

Quote from: yereverluvinunclebert on January 23, 2016, 02:54:14 PMStart from the beginning and work to the end.

I tried, but the over-use of HDR coupled with distorted perspective put me right off. He has probably snapped some wonderful buildings....

yereverluvinunclebert · January 23, 2016, 11:28:20 PM

The distorted perspective is the result of a fish-eye lens that allows you to capture much more of the scene than would normally be the case. As a result the images are much more encompassing and a lot more dramatic. Raising the contrast merely increases the drama.

The point here is less about the images but the story they tell. They dramatically capture the buildings and present them in a steamy, surreal slightly steampunk fashion.

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