Brutalism
I took this in 2017. Apparently its the early 70's built former HQ of the Yorkshire Building Society. Its located in Bradford. I have to say it is quite possibly the ugliest thing I have ever seen in my life. It is a monstrous carbuncle of such breathtaking nastiness I really couldn't believe what I was seeing and felt obliged to take a picture. Its called 'High Point'. A name that must surely have been intended as a joke.
My son told me today that he thought it had been demolished which cheered me up enormously and encouraged me to look out this picture. However the only record I can find of any demolition of a modern building in Bradford is of another example of quite recent tat, so it seems this place is still there. Probably because it is apparently riddled with asbestos.....
Bradford is not a pretty city. However it has a rugged grandeur due to plenty of fine stone Victorian buildings. What on earth were they thinking of when they dumped here something that looks like a Siberian nuclear power station or an Oklahoma grain silo?
My God did someone actually DESIGN this? If so, what drugs were they on?
Brutalism
I took this in 2017. Apparently its the early 70's built former HQ of the Yorkshire Building Society. Its located in Bradford. I have to say it is quite possibly the ugliest thing I have ever seen in my life. It is a monstrous carbuncle of such breathtaking nastiness I really couldn't believe what I was seeing and felt obliged to take a picture. Its called 'High Point'. A name that must surely have been intended as a joke.
My son told me today that he thought it had been demolished which cheered me up enormously and encouraged me to look out this picture. However the only record I can find of any demolition of a modern building in Bradford is of another example of quite recent tat, so it seems this place is still there. Probably because it is apparently riddled with asbestos.....
Bradford is not a pretty city. However it has a rugged grandeur due to plenty of fine stone Victorian buildings. What on earth were they thinking of when they dumped here something that looks like a Siberian nuclear power station or an Oklahoma grain silo?
My God did someone actually DESIGN this? If so, what drugs were they on?