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Down they come, one after the other.
I once read that Bristol City Council's only proviso concerning the quality of the city's postwar office buildings was that they should be designed for a lifetime of at least 30 years. Well so I should hope! Many of them have had short lives. Tollgate House and the Bristol & West head office are two of the more conspicuous examples, but there are plenty of others.
What about this one, at the bottom of Lower Maudlin Street? Early on it was Initial House. I went inside once. Initial were my first employers and this was their regional head office. Later the building belonged to the Hill House Hammond insurance group. When the photo was taken last October it was tenantless and empty.
Aviary, London Zoo, 1962-65
Designers; Cedric Price, Frank Newby, Lord Snowdon.
More on Cedric Price here.
Architects; Architects Co-Partnership. Project Architect, Kenneth Capon. Early 60s.
The structural language has been designed to be legible and flexible and after 50 years, seems to be performing this job with ease.
I don't know anything about this place, except that I've passed it a thousand times and always thought I should take a picture before someone decided it needed a hipped roof or something. The light wasn't good this time, but I had my camera and a few spare minutes, so I took the shot.
For Konstantin Mel'nikov's iconic design, with numerous photos, sketches, models, and reconstructions, please see: wp.me/pgGDG-2Tk
For Konstantin Mel'nikov's iconic design, with numerous photos, sketches, models, and reconstructions, please see: wp.me/pgGDG-2Tk
Why is it that so many newer buildings in Edinburgh look so imaginary? And I wonder where the real clouds are, that these drop shadow clouds have wondered out underneath from?
After all those winter pictures, I want to indulge you with some sunny pictures :)
In 2007 I went with some friends to Barcelona in Spain for a short holiday in the middle of April, because we got some cheap tickets with SkyEurope.
One day we spent in the new development area "Parc Diagonal Mar" which is near the North-Eastern end of Avinguda Diagonal, a road which runs all through Barcelona diagonally. It's an area near the seaside and was used by former textile industry, which went down during the last century.
Now it's a very modern area for housing, with a big green area, lakes and some modern art, looking like a roller coaster track.
Architects; MRJ Rundell & Associates, 2006.
A rare example of a free standing building in the central London. Smithson's Economist tower can be seen in the background.
For Konstantin Mel'nikov's iconic design, with numerous photos, sketches, models, and reconstructions, please see: wp.me/pgGDG-2Tk
On a sunny 15th May 2012, I spent the whole day walking around Crawley and the environs of Gatwick Airport. My route was as follows: Three Bridges > Northgate > Manor Royal > Lowfield Heath > Charlwood (all the way round the edge of Gatwick Airport!) > Povey Cross > Horley. According to Google Maps, this is about 10 miles!
A good example of the modern face of the Manor Royal estate is the Thales building - actually one of several owned by that company - opposite the junction of Crompton Way and the road called Manor Royal.