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Polarengineer
- Posts: 835
- Joined: Sun Jan 02, 2022 11:51 am
- Location: 23 la Creuse
Typically French
Thoroughly modern gateway, most odd. Brick pillars were never there before and would have been stone with carriage wheel cones on the sides. such a covered way means small van deliveries and house moving. no chance for a container truck to access, or even the fire brigade. I think someone found some old fencing and gates and thought up this awful design and impractical entrance.
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RobertArthur
- Posts: 2783
- Joined: Sat Jul 17, 2021 3:10 pm
- Location: Nièvre
Typically French
By chance, I was leafing through some books and magazines on French architecture yesterday morning, and somewhere in there was a page about the mistakes you’d be wise to avoid when renovating old French houses.
From a list of ten commandments / pitfalls, here are numbers 3 and 4. And a picture of a house with more classical portailles here in the heart of the Nièvre. To conclude: very cool portailles.
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3. Ajouter des éléments les uns aux autres - menant à des oppositions, d'ou desordre.
4. Réaliser à sa guise, en suivant sa fantasie du moment, en imitant sans comprendre.
From a list of ten commandments / pitfalls, here are numbers 3 and 4. And a picture of a house with more classical portailles here in the heart of the Nièvre. To conclude: very cool portailles.
Quote:
3. Ajouter des éléments les uns aux autres - menant à des oppositions, d'ou desordre.
4. Réaliser à sa guise, en suivant sa fantasie du moment, en imitant sans comprendre.