Phototropic
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proeuro said:
The IRA had the right idea with the one in Dublin. It's a pillac on a pillar! WHat do you like about it out of interest?
what is london's worst building?
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The IRA had the right idea with the one in Dublin. It's a pillac on a pillar! WHat do you like about it out of interest?
proeuro
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Phototropic said:
It's grand and impressive monument to one of Britain's finest admirals. It looks good, it's got a touch of class and it puts someone on a pedestal who deserves to be there. Typically British though, giving someone who happily killed plenty of Johnny Foreigners a huge monument in the capital...
However, it's not half as good as the Monument de Colon (Columbus Monument) in Barcelona because you can actually go up in it in a lift and see the city from there.
lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
Phototropic said:
It is ill-proportioned, certainly buggers up Barry's original plans for the layout of the square, and the sculpture of Nelson is fairly risible...
BUT... to anyone with more than a one dimensional view of history, it remains a tangible reminder of what the debate is about the nature of heroism/victory/patriotism.
It allows you to actually engage children/ students in a debate about the nature of war and empire, not to mention the appropriation, through all ages since Pericles ran Athens, of classical architecture to celebrate victory as defined by those in power.
And the Landseer lion sculptures are cool - whether you are 5 or 50!
Mrs Magpie
On a bit of break...
What's that awful place in Croydon (begins with a B?) that loses refugees paperwork?...I know what goes on in there is grim, so I reckon the architecture is too...
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
i voted the thistle tower hotel, i think there was an idea a few mths back for tax incentives to demolish black listed buildings, this one was in the line of fire.
As for centre point, the actual tower is OK but the surrounding base design is terrible. Working round there u don't really have to look at it anyway given the design of the streets.
There are some absolute disasters east of liverpool st. station, the city of london, all the money all that shit?
As for centre point, the actual tower is OK but the surrounding base design is terrible. Working round there u don't really have to look at it anyway given the design of the streets.
There are some absolute disasters east of liverpool st. station, the city of london, all the money all that shit?
Orang Utan said:
Oh right I see, 'twas your attempt at Geography humour!
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lang rabbie
Je ne regrette les gazebos
golightly said:Do you mean Lunar House? I know it doesn't begin with a B but it does lose passports and the like.
It has a smaller twin, on the other side of the next road. Before the Home Office finally did something to improve the reception area in the mid-1990s they both had strangely kitsch lobbies reminiscent of hotels in the Soviet Union.
Zappomatic
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innit said:
although I don't think that picture really does it's ming-ness justice.
Ahh 1 London Bridge! Who on earth desgined the steps leading down to the river? Such an uncomfortable angle, I'm just glad I've never had to go down them whilest a bit drunk.
Ugliest Building In London.
i'd like to nominate that fucking HORROR that runs down the east side of Farringdon, from the station up towards Rosebery Avenue. What a disgusting lump of filth that is, can't believe I've never noticed it before. On a nice sunny day like this, it's a blight on the whole street (which is hardly Shangri La anyway)
what's yours?
i'd like to nominate that fucking HORROR that runs down the east side of Farringdon, from the station up towards Rosebery Avenue. What a disgusting lump of filth that is, can't believe I've never noticed it before. On a nice sunny day like this, it's a blight on the whole street (which is hardly Shangri La anyway)
what's yours?
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Dubversion said:
Well the one on the roundabout near Westminster Bridge has now been demolished so that's my favourite out the window.
All of Elephant
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Yep, that's pretty vile.Dubversion said:
In a similar vein, there's the building that looks like a multi-storey car park, right on the bank of the Thames on the north side just to the west of the wobble-free bridge.
Oh... and St Paul's Cathedral, ergh.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
But it's got a big black cat on itzenie said:No!!!
Catford Shopping Centre is pretty fuckin dire
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
zenie said:No!!!
Catford Shopping Centre is pretty fuckin dire
Why not? It's shit. In fact, I think I'd prefer Elephant shopping centre if they painted it khaki green again
was it green? only remember pink then red.
Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
Dubversion said:
Yes, many years ago it used to be khaki
Unless I dreamt that but I'm sure I didn't
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
the institute of education
this is the only pic i can find, which has been taken from the only angle fom whic it looks pleasant. if you look at it from one of the sides, rather than a corner - it's brutal and bleak. Just what you want on russell square.
this is the only pic i can find, which has been taken from the only angle fom whic it looks pleasant. if you look at it from one of the sides, rather than a corner - it's brutal and bleak. Just what you want on russell square.
The Institute of Education is a civilised icon, by Denis Lasdun. It's absolutley beautiful. Why not try picking a real monstrosity, like all the shit that's just gone up alongside St Pauls? Or any of the bog-standard pre-fab 'made of marble so it must be classy' Canary Wharf office blocks
deese_nuts
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"The Tower" in Colliers Wood.
maximilian ping
Grrrrr
Minnie_the_Minx said:All of Elephant
yes, that gets my vote. total bunghole architecture
Crispy
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The one with batwings on the roof.BiddlyBee said:Which one? They seem to be breeding!
The whole thing is badly proportioned, badly detailed and out of scale and character. It looks shit and it's new. Christ, when it gets older, a bit broken and dirty - yuck!
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