AJ Sadauskas<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@DanielleVossebeld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>DanielleVossebeld</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pixelfed.social/ajsadauskas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajsadauskas</span></a></span> I think the most interesting part is the architectural style.<br><br>It's influencing the look and design of buildings 100 years later!<br><br>I've attached a photo of the Rietveld Schröder House from 1924, alongside a new apartment block in Parramatta built in the 2020s that I almost moved into.<br><br>And what's really interesting is that many of the same design ideas are still being used on new buildings nearly 100 years later!<br><br>Flat rectangular shapes, in white and grey. Minimal ornamentation. Flat roof.<br><br>I could show a photo of the Rietveld Schröder House to someone who's not familiar with it, tell them it's a new townhouse that was just completed in Western Sydney, and they'd believe me.<br><br>That's what I mean by it looks 100 years ahead of its time.<br><br>And it looks radically different to many other buildings that were built in that same timeframe.<br><br>So if you want to see the original grand-daddy of contemporary housing design, the very first one of this style is in Utrecht.<br><br>Which shows what a genius Gerrit Rietveld was, and how influential his design ideas are!<br><br><a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/building" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>building</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/buildings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buildings</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>architecture</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/house" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>house</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>housing</span></a> <a href="https://gts.sadauskas.id.au/tags/utrecht" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utrecht</span></a></p>