joe royal 7:40 Fri May 8
anyone else a fan of Brutalism?
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http://gizmodo.com/7-endangered-examples-of-the-most-hated-architectural-s-1636643535
I love it . Tower blocks in E14 to get you started
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfron_Tower
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ManorParkHammer
12:12 Sun May 10
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My favourite form of architecture.
Loads more needs to be done to stop buildings being knocked down however.
Robin Hood Gardens should not be demolished.
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gph
1:51 Sat May 9
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The only advantage of Brutalism is that if you live in an example surrounded by non-Brutalist architecture, you can live a life filled with the Freude of Schaden.
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Ditcher
1:46 Sat May 9
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Back in the 90's I owned a flat in Sivill House on Columbia Road overlooking the flower market.
It was designed by the chap who designed the old penguin house at London Zoo
But that was Constructivist architecture.
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Toe Rag
1:14 Sat May 9
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Not really a fan but I suppose it has it's place.
I visited Cumbrnauld where I saw this monster.
http://www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk/images/jpgs/cumbernauld_town_centre_d280411_d2.jpg
I would absolutely hate to live somewhere like that, it's no wonder most of the population was pissed or on heroin.
It was a profoundly depressing place.
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neilalex
1:08 Sat May 9
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Nurse - I have moved out, thank you, leafy Cheshire at present. It genuinely had never occurred to me until this thread , why, when asked the old question of what your ideal job would be, I've always answered 'architect'; without really being able to articulate as to where that attraction originated.
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mashed in maryland
10:34 Sat May 9
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:^) 12:05 Sat May 9
Google "ministry of interrogation". It's sn actual building in Moscow.
Woah.
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Scraper
10:11 Sat May 9
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There are many many building styles worse than brutalism. Bricked terraced houses with their wheelie bins outside are the real brutes.
I saw about a girl in Trellick Tower once.
Tfr
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Bungo
9:57 Sat May 9
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Of course sometimes this is the way forward. Especially in Cwmbran..
http://www.constructionphotography.com/ImageThumbs/A047-00041/3/A047-00041_Demolition_of_reinforced_concrete_frame_buildings_in_Cwmbran_for_redevelopment_of_town_centre__Water.jpg
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Nurse Ratched
1:00 Sat May 9
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Neil...PLEASE tell me you've moved out of Stevenage...
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neilalex
12:53 Sat May 9
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Our spiritual welfare was well looked after in Stevenage;
http://www.francisfrith.com/stevenage/stevenage-st-georges-church-c1960_s191099
http://www.francisfrith.com/stevenage/stevenage-st-peter-s-church-c1960_s191305
http://www.francisfrith.com/stevenage/stevenage-st-andrew-s-church-c1960_s191053
We wanted for nothing.
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neilalex
12:39 Sat May 9
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This should interest the purists. Chauncey House, where my older brothers and sister were born.
http://www.francisfrith.com/stevenage/stevenage-chauncy-house-c1955_s191035
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neilalex
12:24 Sat May 9
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Not sure whether this is brutalism or just a fucking disaster. Stevenage, my home...
http://www.martinbondphotos.co.uk/planning/image2.html
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Hammer and Pickle
12:09 Sat May 9
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How I never got my arse raped here I have no idea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Greenwich#/media/File:Meridian_House_(Former_Greenwich_Town_Hall).jpg
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Gavros
12:09 Sat May 9
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I watched Kingsman the other night. Very good film but one thing I couldnt get (unless it was actually real). When he speaks to the bird whos locked up, I swear she says "if you save the world you can do me in the arsehole".
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joe royal
12:07 Sat May 9
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Kingsman was filmed in nw8
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Road_Estate
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Gavros
12:06 Sat May 9
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looking at the RENDERS from the 60s, you can almost understand the existence of Basildon.
Almost.
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:^)
12:05 Sat May 9
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Brooke House in Basildon always freaked me out...
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1136/865700451_6419b71ee3_b.jpg
In fact Basildon town centre is probably why I grew up with a fascination for it all.
http://gallery.future-i.com/England/pic:twn/1024x768/
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Hammer and Pickle
12:05 Sat May 9
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Gavrod is the Brutal man joe.
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Bungo
12:03 Sat May 9
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I love it.
Probably because a lot of '70s Sci-fi or dystopian future films were made with that sort of architecture as a backdrop.
Let's not forget Thamesmead too where some of Clockwork Orange and more recently Misfits was filmed.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Thamesmead_Housing_Estate_01.jpg
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joe royal
12:03 Sat May 9
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*Strikes a cord
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Gavros
12:02 Sat May 9
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its the one where he sticks the birds head down the bog, right?
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