I have a question...
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63643)
United States
October 27, 2024 9:30pm CST
Does this photo look like it might be a modern reinterpretation of Hogwarts?
I admit I haven't been to the 'new' Austin Central Library. I kind of knew it had moved from the one built in 1979, but just hadn't been too interested in looking at the new one.
Then I read an article about a building that had been the very original Austin Library and that got me curious.
Then I saw this picture...
All I could think was... is that like Hogwarts? Stairs going every which way. Ramps over the atrium at angles.
I'm kind of wondering if the architect looked at Hogwarts and said - to him or her self - I can do that in glass!
Really, just asking? Do you see the resemblance?
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Oct
The library in this post looks like Hogwarts.
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@Deepizzaguy (104278)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Oct
@ElicBxn Harry Potter has inspired many works of art based on the movies.
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@BarBaraPrz (47693)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Oct
@ElicBxn I see what look like elevator doors at the back of the 'room' so there probably is access.
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@BarBaraPrz (47693)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
28 Oct
You could be on to something. Or, the architect could have been ON something. I don't see any bookshelves...
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
28 Oct
I see stacks (library term for bookshelves) at the other end of the level we seem to be on. They aren't tall shelves, maybe 3 high. Libraries stopped doing really tall shelves because some idiot always tries to climb them. I'm sure they still have them in Universities, because students there are supposed to be smart enough to not do it.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
29 Oct
@BarBaraPrz there are white squares in front of the elevators. If you look on the other side of the column you can see them at an angle and they are dark, those are the books.
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@BarBaraPrz (47693)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Oct
@ElicBxn I don't see them but then I don't see very well.
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@kaylachan (71918)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Oct
Looks more like abstract art to me. That's a real place?
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@jefferson126 (3316)
• Shenzhen, China
28 Oct
that stairs looks amazing,i like styles of stair.
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@jefferson126 (3316)
• Shenzhen, China
28 Oct
@ElicBxn ,indeed,the amazing stairs also remind me of magic school in Harry Potter,they are kinda alike.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
28 Oct
@jefferson126 I opened up this picture and just STOPPED! Then my brain said "HOGWARTS!"
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are you a fan of harry potter?
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
28 Oct
I am a science fiction/fantasy fan. I've always said I like "soft" science fiction and "hard" fantasy. Meaning - I like my sf without all the hard or real science and I like my fantasy that isn't what they call High Fantasy. High Fantasy is like Lord of the Rings and hard sf is like Issac Asimov.
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@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
29 Oct
@grenery8 I agree, at least if you write a language, at least give me a translation... like Minion, I do think it is a language, but a mix of a bunch of different languages. I've read some fanfic with Minions and the writer at the end gives a translation. I do know what I've seen of Minions, it sounds like this writer is onto it.
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@wolfgirl569 (108301)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Oct
Never seen anything from Hogwarts. But that is interesting
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