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Presumably a real photo (given the weather in London has...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:53:30 +0100

Presumably a real photo (given the weather in London has reportedly - finally! - turned nice) of the Serpentine Pavillion as constructed. Designed by Sou Fujimoto, it’s open until October, which is nice, as I should visit London before then.

Serpentine Pavillion 2013 “Indicative CGI”:...

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 02:52:02 +0100

Serpentine Pavillion 2013 “Indicative CGI”: renderghosts.

“Above ground” and “Above Ground...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 20:29:16 +0100

“Above ground” and “Above Ground 2050…” posters for the Piccadilly line.

“Above ground” was designed by Steven Potter et al at Global Vision for London Underground in 1996, while the 2050 version was designed by Nils Norman for TfL’s Platform for Art in 2007. The last time I checked, both could still be seen on Piccadilly trains.

How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint (via derekg)

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:25:56 +0100

How to Design an Iconic NY Fast Food Joint (via derekg)

fuckyeahbrutalism: Pimlico Secondary School, London,...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 19:33:30 +0100

fuckyeahbrutalism:

Pimlico Secondary School, London, 1967

(Greater London Council Department of Architecture & Civic Design)

Demolished 2010, replaced by an academy. What a deeply sad symbol of the regression from the egalitarian ’60s to the modern day.

Birmingham Central Library, May 2010, posted by r-c-h-t-c-t-r.

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:35:19 +0000

Birmingham Central Library, May 2010, posted by r-c-h-t-c-t-r.

Statue and Birmingham City Library, posted by paths-and-angles.

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:34:09 +0000

Statue and Birmingham City Library, posted by paths-and-angles.

keeptheziggurat: betonbrute: Birmingham Central Library....

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:31:00 +0000

keeptheziggurat:

betonbrute:

Birmingham Central Library. R.I.P. 1973 - 2013.

This is why we can’t have nice things.

A beautiful, early image of Central Library’s inner courtyard. Now due to be demolished in order to make way for corporate office blocks.

Sigh. (keeptheziggurat is a site “celebrating John Madin’s brutalist Central Library building (Birmingham, UK), and questioning the need for it to be demolished.”)

architectureofdoom: Birmingham Central Library Unfortunately,...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:29:36 +0000

architectureofdoom:

Birmingham Central Library

Unfortunately, the Library itself is doomed.

"Why did the experiment fail? The only sections of the upper-level circulation system in use today..."

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 04:12:00 +0000

“Why did the experiment fail? The only sections of the upper-level circulation system in use today are those created in the comprehensive development areas of London Wall and the Barbican, where tracts of bomb-damaged land were publicly redeveloped on a large scale and pedestrians could be forced aloft by the obliteration of the conventional street pattern. Elsewhere, the City tried to build its walkway system through negotiations with private landowners. Developers incorporated them grudgingly, designing them, for the most part, to minimum standards of size and finish. Crude, unwelcoming design and dark staircases discouraged pedestrian traffic. The upper level failed to attract services, shops, and front entrances. A remarkable amount of walkway was built, but once conservation took hold, the sections could never be connected. Without through routes pedestrians kept to ground level, reinforcing the failure of the experiment.”

- Michael Hebbert, in his paper “The City of London Walkway Experiment”, from the Journal of the American Planning Association, 1993.