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Euston Arch to be rebuilt as nightclub
On Sep 24, 5:57*pm, E27002 wrote:
On Sep 23, 5:40*pm, Miles Bader wrote: Bruce writes: Thanks. *I agree. *That will be excellent. Decent Urban Fabric 1:Concrete Commies 0 Unfortunately, the replica "Arch" would be a concrete structure. Hmm? *It sounds like they're using a lot of the original stone (which was recovered from a riverbed)... Anyway, the problem is not concrete. *Concrete is a fantastic building material, with an ancient provenance (first used extensively by the romans!). *There are obviously many many excellent buildings made of concrete. The problem was clueless and dogmatic '60s worship of modernity ("newer _must_ be better, there is no exception!") being used to justify bad architecture and planning, and the mindless destruction of anything not fitting the fad of the moment. Thank you. *I agree. *It is not, primarily, about the material. Concrete can be used most effectively. *My issue is with the mentality that gave us Westway, Euston Station, and Centre Point. *For what type of humans where these structure built. Westway: humans in cars. Euston: humans leaving trains and entering other trains or buses. Centrepoint: humans working in offices. Now, the utterly ****ty streetscape around TCR/Centrepoint, which Crossrail is thankfully going to improve beyond recognition, is indeed unforgivable and another story. -- John Band john at johnband dot org www.johnband.org |
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