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Birmingham has three of the country's ugliest buildings, which include the Bullring and the Central Library, according to a recent survey. see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7670590.stmThis is a pic of the Central Library I took in December 2006. It's difficult not to call it ugly.  [cotitsalv]
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« Reply #1 on: 22:17:04, 18-10-2008 » |
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It's difficult not to call it ugly.
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I think it would look quite nice if it was gleaming white...  |
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So many huge concrete buildings look as if they were designed by somebody playing with the most basic set of Lego bricks imaginable (but all in grey).
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« Reply #4 on: 07:16:35, 19-10-2008 » |
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Birmingham has three of the country's ugliest buildings, which include the Bullring and the Central Library, according to a recent survey. see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7670590.stmThis is a pic of the Central Library I took in December 2006. It's difficult not to call it ugly. [cotitsalv] Yes - this sort of thing has been around for some time!..........  Baziron |
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« Reply #5 on: 08:06:10, 19-10-2008 » |
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Reminds me of UC Berkeley's Wurster Hall. Its function is as the architecture school, but the name seems to suggest that it's a sausage factory.  |
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« Reply #6 on: 09:00:06, 19-10-2008 » |
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Yes! It's funny how, when architects run out of ideas, things gastronomic suddenly become "the thing" isn't it? Here is a famous London building known as "The Gherkin"...  ...while here is another famous London building that (surely!) was influenced by the blancmange (  )...  I don't think we have any "sausages" over here yet - but am fully "up" for persuasion! Baziron |
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« Reply #7 on: 09:12:32, 19-10-2008 » |
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Once upon a time I lived in the shadow of this  (The Television Tower in Žižkov [Prague]). Apart from now having two heads both of which suffer nightmares, I'm fine. No lasting effects. |
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« Reply #8 on: 09:40:12, 19-10-2008 » |
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...while here is another famous London building that (surely!) was influenced by the blancmange ( )... What (and where) is that? I can't recall seeing it. Are we south of the river looking east or north of the river looking west? |
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« Reply #9 on: 10:10:33, 19-10-2008 » |
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It's City Hall, IRF. South of the river looking east. I rather like it. And I'm a gherkin fan, for sure.  |
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What (and where) is that? I can't recall seeing it. Are we south of the river looking east or north of the river looking west?
Which river would that be, the River Rea?  I really must protest, everyone is going frightfully off topic. Moderators, can you set up a separate thread for each city in the world?  |
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« Reply #11 on: 10:47:52, 19-10-2008 » |
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Brum certainly has many ugly buildings - though in the case of these which I took on Christmas Day 2005, I should say "had" since 2 of the 4 towers have since been demolished, the 2 furthest away standing empty ready for demolition, and the 2 low rise blocks in the foreground have gone as well. Nothing has replaced them yet.  [cotitsalv] |
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« Reply #12 on: 13:10:08, 19-10-2008 » |
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Leeds has some fairly ugly buildings too - brutalist tower blocks on the outskirts etc.
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« Reply #14 on: 15:07:20, 19-10-2008 » |
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Yes. Well. Er. Perhaps The Gherkin and The Blancmange are meant to represent the Western Economies in a before and after the crash like sort of way, like sort of styley thingy style.
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