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Although Rocket had proposed to provide 39 intermediate affordable homes on
the site, the report said it had been determined that more affordable homes
could be delivered if they were provided off-site. Rocket is working with
Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association to build 97 affordable homes at
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Yep, absolute wankers. The new adjacent buildings are already totally out of scale with the neighbourhood, but this completely dwarfs them. It's height is comparable with the abhorrent Strata tower in Elephant and Castle.
Worse of all it's by some of London's naffest architects, so is bound to be hideous in every last detail.
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Nay, politicians.
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I can't see that article, Josh--where's the site?
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The architects are Make, a supposedly 'liberal' practice fronted by Ken Shuttleworth (formally Foster's right-hand man). Ken oversaw the team responsible for the Gherkin. He no doubt has a lot of great experience/contacts, but the output of the office to date has been consistently so ugly that they have become something of a laughing stock in the architectural press, and thankfully so.
Oliver, it's just north of Old Street roundabout, on the fork between City and East Roads. It will mean demolishing the (in my opinion rather nice, except at ground level) red brick NIG building. The new tower will have 39 storeys.
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Thanks, Josh, I had heard of that one. We have ideas for reconfiguring the street at ground level in our Vision for Shoreditch:
It may of course be too late for that now. :(
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Nay, politicians.
'Let the market decide what is beautiful' - planning minister Nick Boles in BDOnline this week. http://ow.ly/hK6b1
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Let the market decide what is beautiful
Which sounds wonderfully egalitarian, but it actually just lets risk-averse, frugal developers off the hook. The market does not mean the public. The public get what they are given.
In other words, this is a Conservative MP's way of putting big business first but disguising it as democracy. It's the same deal as the Big Society. Tory cunts.
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Current planning policy is absolutely disgusting and stupid.
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recommended read
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“We need more fun, wit and humour. It’s part of the human condition and if you don’t have it you are left with David Chipperfield.”
says Will Alsop here:
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this is what happens when you let idiots play simcity...
a tin of spam in the foreground ffs...
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Saw my favourite Grand Design in a while the other day, a really zen modernist house with underground garage in Falmouth
http://ironorchid.co.uk/img/projects/linear-%20Landscape%20Design%20Cornwall%201.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vd2Evg1eRZ4/TL__jmEcQfI/AAAAAAAABLQ/KiPLY1-v_cM/s1600/Picture-4.jpg
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^many more shots, plus the episode in question:
http://www.homedsgn.com/2011/09/01/corkellis-house-by-linea-studio-video/ -
this is what happens when you let idiots play simcity...
a tin of spam in the foreground ffs...
Endless novelty within a crushing set of expectations.
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Saw my favourite Grand Design in a while the other day, a really zen modernist house with underground garage in Falmouth
http://ironorchid.co.uk/img/projects/linear-%20Landscape%20Design%20Cornwall%201.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Vd2Evg1eRZ4/TL__jmEcQfI/AAAAAAAABLQ/KiPLY1-v_cM/s1600/Picture-4.jpg
Nice and clean, bigger than necessary, but looks like a good place to spend time in.
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any good references for fire stations? I'm doing my masters just now, feeling a bit demotivated.
Obviously Hadid's Vitra fire station:
Others:
Peter Eisenman's Brooklyn firestation
Venturi's Dixwell firestation, or should that be 'Duckswell', roflolz...
And Prince Charles' monstrous carbuncle...
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