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Topic: Re:Well done ERIC LEACH
Posted by: Thomas Barry
Date/Time: 14/12/09 23:34:00

"Can also you name a suburb where this has happened."

Dresden?

Seriously, what's less British than co-ordination?  Eclecticism, difference, juxtaposition, absurdity - those are the elements of British planning that end up lasting and being celebrated - consistency and uniformity are what ends up being *hated* 20 years down the line.  Ealing Broadway Centre, for instance, is genuinely interesting because it tries to juxtapose the Edwardian gables and spires of Ealing with a thoroughly modern design - there's a fascinating account of the development of the design on Google Books which has strong resonance 30 years later, particularly why the elevation on the Broadway is much uglier than the High St. (developers wishing to maximise and simplify floor plans for financial reasons, actually).  The lesson is if you want interesting architecture, put arbitray and contradictory restrictions on, rather than allowing one consideration (cash, say, or floor area or number of dwellings) override all others.

"wonder if the Council is run by republicans."

It's run by Conservatives, who are not generally noted as being particularly republican in outlook.  Monarchists and republicans can both be civilised people, but barbarians come from both parties these days.

Anyway, Prince Charles is hardly the saviour of architecture he thinks he is, much of what he likes is as awful (in the sense of being dull and bad) as some of the stuff he doesn't like and some of the stuff he doesn't like is quite good or (even better) just ahead of its time.  He'd doubtless have opposed, for instance, the 30s Modernist tube stations that are now world famous and treasured icons of London, but hardly consistent and co-ordinated with what already exists.  It's the juxtaposition that makes them interesting.

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Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 15:24:00 George Knox
   Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 15:35:00 Raymond Bradbury
      Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 16:07:00 Penny Crocker
         Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 18:28:00 Suki M Winterbottom
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 19:57:00 Graham Weeks
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 20:34:00 Alan Brainsby
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 22:34:00 David Archer
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 13:28:00 Alan Brainsby
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 14:10:00 David Archer
   Re:Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 15:55:00 Arthur Breens
      Well done ERIC LEACH08/12/09 16:54:00 George Knox
   Re:Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 10:21:00 Suki M Winterbottom
      Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 11:00:00 George Knox
         Re:Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 12:03:00 Eric Alan Leach
            Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 17:02:00 Suki M Winterbottom
               Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH09/12/09 17:14:00 George Knox
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 10:31:00 Diane Gill
                     Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 13:52:00 George Knox
                        Re:Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 15:59:00 Peter Chadburn
   Re:Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 17:29:00 Mandy Reen
      Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 19:06:00 Alan Brainsby
         Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 19:23:00 Eric Alan Leach
      Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 20:45:00 Diane Gill
         Well done ERIC LEACH10/12/09 22:54:00 George Knox
            Re:Well done ERIC LEACH11/12/09 10:20:00 Arthur Breens
               Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH11/12/09 16:15:00 Mandy Reen
                  Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH11/12/09 18:05:00 Eric Alan Leach
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH11/12/09 22:57:00 Alan Brainsby
                        Well done ERIC LEACH11/12/09 23:39:00 George Knox
                           Re:Well done ERIC LEACH12/12/09 00:30:00 Alan Brainsby
                           Re:Well done ERIC LEACH14/12/09 23:34:00 Thomas Barry
                              Well done ERIC LEACH15/12/09 15:14:00 George Knox
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH12/12/09 09:39:00 Mandy Reen
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH12/12/09 19:55:00 Eric Alan Leach
                  Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH12/12/09 21:18:00 Will French
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH19/02/10 13:39:00 Paul Brooks
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Well done ERIC LEACH19/02/10 13:43:00 Chris Veasey
                           Well done ERIC LEACH19/02/10 18:39:00 George Knox
                              Re:Well done ERIC LEACH20/02/10 08:59:00 Chris Veasey

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