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- Memorable Images – Henry Taunt 19/07/2015
- Duane Hanson at the Serpentine 16/07/2015
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- Golden Silver – The Beauty of Nickel Plate 02/07/2015
- Delightful Designs – Arteluce Bean Bag Light 15/06/2015
- Housing Design Crisis 12/06/2015
- Blot on the Landscape – Close-board Fencing 10/06/2015
- Delightful Designs – Alessi Birdsong Tea Strainer 08/06/2015
- Miniature Masterpieces – Leica RASAL and ROSOL Frame Finders 31/05/2015
- Hiroshige at the Ashmolean 01/02/2015
- Blot on the Townscape #2 – The Blade, Reading 01/02/2015
- Miniature Masterpieces – Leica APDOO, WINKO, WINTU and AUFSU 01/02/2015
- Dismal Designs – Premier Inn 01/02/2015
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- Peter Overs – Emu Dreaming 08/01/2015
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- Blot on the Townscape #1 – Oxford 29/12/2014
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Category Archives: Ugly Buildings
Archispeak #1 – TEA, Tenerife
WHAT ARCHITECTS SAY VERSUS THE REALITY! Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife 2008 ARCHITECTS: Herzog & De Meuron, project directed by the Canarian architect Virgilio Gutiérrez ARCHITECTS: “…..A new public path diagonally cuts through the building complex connecting the … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Blots on the Cityscape, Blots on the Townscape, Building, Design, Spanish Architecture, Ugly Buildings, Uncategorized
Tagged Herzog & De Meuron, Modern Plaza, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, TEA, Tenerife architecture, Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
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Beyond The Dreaming Spires
THE OTHER OXFORD, FAR FROM THE TOURIST TRAIL Mention Oxford to most people and an image of beautiful golden stone buildings with spires and domes comes to mind. The High Street or ‘The High’ is surely one of the most … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Blots on the Cityscape, Blots on the Townscape, Building, Housing, Housing Design, Oxford, Ugly Buildings, Uncategorized
Tagged 1930s semis, Dreaming Spires, Oxford, Oxford buildings, pre-war housing, urban sprawl
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Blot on the Historic Townscape
King’s Lane Development, Cambridge, UK (1967) – Architect: James Cubitt & Partners There are so many third-rate modern buildings around they just blend into the background, but sometimes you come across one that is so crass, ugly, and ridiculous that … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Blots on the Townscape, Building, Ugly Buildings, Uncategorized
Tagged Alan Turing, Cambridge, Cambridge Architecture, James Cubitt, King's College, King's Lane, King's Lane development
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Blot on the Historic Landscape – The Port Meadow Scandal
CASTLE MILL GRADUATE STUDENT ACCOMMODATION, OXFORD Port Meadow is an ancient area of water meadow by the Thames on the edge of Oxford. Around 300 acres (120 hectares) in area it is still used for grazing cattle and horses, as it … Continue reading
Blot on the Townscape #1 – Oxford
Looking at this horror in the centre of the city you might think it was an electricity sub-station with those gates, or even University squash courts. But no, it is a block of flats in an area of Victorian terraces … Continue reading
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