It's Friday, it's half-past ten, it's surely time to test those little grey cells, is it not mes amis?
How about a #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz
Where's this low profile chunk of pretty brutalism? [some overly helpful lettering has been removed]
We haven't had a #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz for, er, ages
So, a niche question, but super easy, where's this?
Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42 and post the second sentence.
"But their acceptance of the church aesthetically must have been considerably eased by the fact that there was little new here structurally."
Guess #WhatArchitectureBook / #WhatBuilding
A little #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz to tickle your fancy on Christmas Eve Eve, if that's what today is?
Where oh where will you find these names inscribed, within a few inches of each other?
As usual, ENORMOUS Cash Prizes are offered, but never bestowed, undying bluesky glory shall be thine...
It has been altogether too damn long, mes copains, since we had a Freaky Friday #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz
So, in the interests of damaged transatlantic relations, here are TWO tough nutz, built within 5 years of each other
Usual rules: name, architect, date...
#IYKYK right?
A wrought iron station roof.
A cast iron station roof.
I love going by train. Recognise these roofs?
#whatbuilding
Is it Friday already? Let's have a fun #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz
What's this place?
You know it, your auntie Ethel's blind dog knows it...
A restful easy-peasy one for #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz this sunny Friday
Just identify the place, no known architect, bonus points if you know the client though
OK I forgot to do a #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz on Thursday and Friday, so here's a fairly fiendish one
Where is this recherché portico, in a rather Frenchified style? Who designed it?
Hard on the heels of the glorious success of the last brainteaser, here's a fabulous fantastic follow up Friday #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz
Where is this curious structure? Who designed it?
Now that all our brains have melted due to the hottest weekend since records began, before drumpf blows the world to bits... it's time for a #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz and this one is a corker!
If you have ever seen this building, you will know it at once, but who was the architect?
Pinch, punch
First of the... munch?
Let's have ourselves another #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz because why not?
Who designed this complex tour-de-force of intricate brickwork and idiosyncratic fenestration?
When was it built, and for what original purpose?
A Big Beautiful Bouncing #BankHoliday #WhatBuilding #ArtDeco #QuickQuiz to exercise ze lettle grey cells mes amis
WHERE is this sumptuous bathroom?
For WHOM was it made?
By WHOM was it designed?
We haven't had a #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz for, oh, simply ages
So for Maundy Thursday here's a super easy one, as we have had it before...
Who retired to this pleasant, if a bit encrusted, house near the seaside?
For the beginning of #Lent let's have a midweek #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz
Where was I last night?
Another #WhatBuilding for enthusiasts of #architecture and #architecturalhistory
Mystery building, until someone guesses. Upper stories: Red brick with shallow three-sided bay windows alternating, relieving arches, straiht chimneys
Could we make it a thread? #WhatBuilding
Need another clue?
#whatbuilding
What's that you say?
Why hasn't that Brady set us a #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz lately?
Has the fellow gone soft?
Has drumpf shut him down?
No! Now here's an easy one, if you keep a level head and stop that hysterical screaming you'll remember where Sammy Snake lives [not on a plane]
A final very difficult #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz for the end-of-the-year
What is this highly distinctive place, who designed it, and when?
Terracotta and iron detailing, ornamented in a mannerist classicist fashion.
Here's another #whatbuilding for people who are more @thevicsoc.bsky.social than @c20society.bsky.social.
A white tiled wall in the background of a steel and chunky timber-balustraded staircase.
BlueSky needs a #whatbuilding hashtag to take off. Where am I today?
We've been slacking with the #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz lately, so here's a v difficult one: what's this place?
"It's been literally WEEKS without a Friday #WhatBuilding #QuickQuiz what's he playing at?"
I hear your pleas, so here, a Leap Day late and a billion dollars short, is a nice super-easy one
Where was I?