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What's your favorite 'architecutral' color?

Distant Unicorn

And while this may seem like a joke thread, I am being mildly serious about this.

If you could choose a single (I'll even extend to this question to two or three specific color choices) color that you would like to see used more... what would it be?

Hands down for me?

Pink.

It's one of the few colors that ages well. A deep pink wall will bleach out to an even pinker color before eventually turning white. Pink, like red, is a great color for reflecting heat despite being relatively 'dark.'

And.... while most buildings painted pink are generally awful... pink seems to make even the most hideous buildings bearable.

 
Nov 14, 10 2:48 am
Rusty!

Well color me surprised.

Nov 14, 10 3:07 am  · 
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Rusty!

ughh. Google search on pink unicorns brings back waaaaaaay too many disturbing images. Like this:

Nov 14, 10 3:11 am  · 
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Distant Unicorn

Come on... how many architects in the 20th century have actually spec'd a building to be pink with gold leaf?

If post-post-modernism and avant garde is suppose to push the envelope... there's a lot of buildings that aren't covered in glitter.

Nov 14, 10 3:16 am  · 
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Rusty!

I totally responded to this.

In a wrong thread.

Go fishing!

Nov 14, 10 3:24 am  · 
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Rusty!

Pink can be cool though..

Nov 14, 10 3:52 am  · 
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Rusty!

Speaking of color, this is probably the most interesting product developed in the last decade by 3M: 3M™ Radiant Light Film CM500



It was recently utilized by UNstudio on their La Defense project(shameless plug to own site).

Nov 14, 10 4:08 am  · 
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i'll respond slightly differently than the question posed: with a color that's not my favorite color, nor even a color that i want to see used more. this is a color that becomes associated with a particular architect.

i love when an architect has the discipline, consistenty quality, and then gets the recognition that allows for a color to become specific to their office.

mecanoo blue!:






Nov 14, 10 7:30 am  · 
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i'm still trying to deal with white. maybe in a couple of years i'll try another colour. maybe.

Nov 15, 10 9:55 am  · 
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Ms Beary

NOT blue, anything but blue.

Nov 15, 10 11:16 am  · 
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weAREtheSTONES

mines got to be the blue in the mecanoo bloo

but the dichroic glass application is pretty sweet too

Nov 15, 10 1:18 pm  · 
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Distant Unicorn
Nov 15, 10 1:48 pm  · 
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Distant Unicorn
Nov 15, 10 1:54 pm  · 
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weAREtheSTONES

bright obnoxious hipster fixie bike colors are the new black

Nov 15, 10 1:59 pm  · 
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Distant Unicorn

black is wayyyyyy overrated.

Nov 15, 10 2:33 pm  · 
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not_here

bright fucking red

Nov 15, 10 2:39 pm  · 
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Distant Unicorn


gold is the new black.

Nov 15, 10 2:46 pm  · 
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Distant Unicorn


Chartreuse is the new gold.

Nov 15, 10 3:04 pm  · 
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snook_dude

Eggplant just because it is not black

Nov 15, 10 4:25 pm  · 
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SoulBrother#1

black

Nov 15, 10 9:18 pm  · 
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hematophobia

grey.
it's like black but lighter

Nov 16, 10 4:22 am  · 
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