Things That Should Not Have Been Built in Britain

[Dave2002]

Good points all

(PS - Just twigged AMs's dead ringer )

Ultimately however you (msgs 163-165) are basing your views on axioms which themselves are open to question. Why not just say you don't like it - which at least MrGG has done. Trying to justify such dislike by some form of reasoning would only work if the foundations and logical processes used are sound, which I personally suspect is not the case.

[Simon]

They don't like it because it's a way of having a go at Prince Charles and his opposition to modern crap. And because it actually looks like a building rather than a lump of rubbish. It's balanced, in proportion and pleasant - all qualities hated by the modernists.

And for GongGong - forever alleging his love of all that is modern tat in art - to describe something as "fake" is one of the best jokes of the year.

And talking about axioms: one of the most useful I've ever developed, which has never yet been proved false, is that on these boards, if S-A, Gong, Amateur and Flossie are against you, you can be sure that you're right!

[Serial_Apologist]

Ultimately however you (msgs 163-165) are basing your views on axioms which themselves are open to question. Why not just say you don't like it - which at least MrGG has done. Trying to justify such dislike by some form of reasoning would only work if the foundations and logical processes used are sound, which I personally suspect is not the case.

It's MrGG's prerogative to state or not the reasonings for his dislike; and yours to prefer stage sets for living than arguing for good modern design.

[MrGongGong]

They don't like it because it's a way of having a go at Prince Charles and his opposition to modern crap. And because it actually looks like a building rather than a lump of rubbish. It's balanced, in proportion and pleasant - all qualities hated by the modernists.
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It's FAKE , it's like a Singaporean shopping arcade (and yes I have seen them )

Simon , you seem to be as knowledgeable about architecture as you are about the music of Morton Feldman ........

though of course you are NEVER wrong .......

[Bryn]

It's FAKE , it's like a Singaporean shopping arcade (and yes I have seen them )

Simon , you seem to be as knowledgeable about architecture as you are about the music of Morton Feldman ........

though of course you are NEVER wrong .......

The "balanced, in proportion" bit reads like it came straight from the Ladybird book of Georgian architecture. Be fair though, if and when Charlie becomes king, he intends to be not Charles III but George VII.

[Serial_Apologist]

The "balanced, in proportion" bit reads like it came straight from the Ladybird book of Georgian architecture. Be fair though, if and when Charlie becomes king, he intends to be not Charles III but George VII.

He'll always be a proper Charlie to me

[Simon]

The "balanced, in proportion" bit reads like it came straight from the Ladybird book of Georgian architecture.

Well, it's a long time since I read Ladybird books, so I can't really comment.

You, on the other hand, will no doubt have more recent knowledge of such basic literature, so I accept your judgement on this one.

[eighthobstruction]

A debate going on around here....bring it down I say....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/18/preston-bus-station-demolition-approved

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=preston+bus+station&num=10&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&biw=1024&bih=583&tbm=isch&tbnid=z4b8zM3Wwtc9SM:&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Preston_bus_station_232-26.jpg&docid=MVNCetlTXtr1oM&imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Preston_bus_station_232-26.jpg&w=1537&h=785&ei=IfzSUP35IcWt0QWQ9oHgDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=4&vpy=4&dur=9683&hovh=160&hovw=314&tx=209&ty=90&sig=102425233289516870547&page=1&tbnh=138&tbnw=273&start=0&ndsp=12&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:128

[Lateralthinking1]

A debate going on around here....bring it down I say....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/18/preston-bus-station-demolition-approved

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=pre...,r:0,s:0,i:128

I agree - and, having spotted your comments on another part of the forum, also wish you all the very best in the coming weeks.

[Flosshilde]

A debate going on around here....bring it down I say....

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/18/preston-bus-station-demolition-approved

http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?q=pre...,r:0,s:0,i:128

It's a splendid building, with a strong classical feel in the strength of the vertical & horizontal elements (think of the side elevation of the Parthenon, with its columns standing on the horizontals of the stepped base).
What the article doesn't mention (& the one that I read did) is that in a poll of residents of Preston it was the most popular building.

(I was going to reply to Simon's post about the Poundbury fire-station, but I can't be bothered. He obviously has no understanding of what good or bad architecture is, & I've got better things to do than try & teach him)

[teamsaint]

I suppose I would want to see Preston Bus station for myself, and also how it functions, before joining a campaign.

But there are an awful lot of buildings more deserving of the bulldozer.

[Serial_Apologist]

http://www.bucharest-life.com/bucharest/palace-of-parliament

Oops!

Sorreee - off-topic!

[Flosshilde]

Not unlike this - http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/...whitehall1.jpg, or this - http://www.publicintelligence.net/wp...09/07/mi63.png

The second is definitely one I'd demolish (it shouldn't have been built for a number of reasons).

[Flosshilde]

While we are enjoying a side-trip to eastern Europe, perhaps this building should be looked at - http://albanianpyramids.files.wordpr...-pa341313.jpeg - the Enver Hoxha pyramid in Tirana. Although there are moves to demolish it there is a view locally that it should be retained because of its originality & historic significance.

[Richard Tarleton]

And because it actually looks like a building rather than a lump of rubbish. It's balanced, in proportion and pleasant

Just dropped back into this thread for the latest on Poundbury

Simon, whatever else you might say about this building, the one thing you can't claim is that it is in proportion (I assume you mean with its surroundings, not in itself?). It is grotesquely out of proportion with the surrounding buildings, dwarfing its Legoland neighbours (not apparent in the photo which is just of the building). I can't make out whether you've actually been there. It is a colossus on the Poundbury skyline. Obviously it has to be of a certain size to accommodate fire engines, but it's not every village that has a fire station and I have no idea why this was put here.