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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.”)

less-ismore: Google doodles 126th birthday of Mies van der...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:27:06 +0100

less-ismore:

Google doodles 126th birthday of Mies van der Rohe!

Tim Bowditch: “This time-lapse was produced to document...

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:59:07 +0000

Tim Bowditch: “This time-lapse was produced to document Simon Terrill’s Balfron Project.”

"Architecture devolved into a battle between two fantasias—nostalgia for the 19th and 18th centuries..."

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:54:06 +0000

“Architecture devolved into a battle between two fantasias—nostalgia for the 19th and 18th centuries versus nostalgia for the mid-20th-century avant-garde.”

- Kurt Anderson: You Say You Want a Devolution? in Vanity Fair.

De La Warr Pavilion teatowel, at People Will Always Need Plates.

Wed, 04 May 2011 21:10:05 +0100

De La Warr Pavilion teatowel, at People Will Always Need Plates.

The PanAm Worldport, a terminal at JFK (built when it was still...

Tue, 07 Dec 2010 04:16:43 +0000

The PanAm Worldport, a terminal at JFK (built when it was still Idlewild, at the dawn of the jet age). Sadly, it’s being demolished:

The plan would entail the demolition of the smaller terminal, the PanAm Worldport, an architectural symbol of the 1960s jet age that has nevertheless been described as a blight on the airport by passengers and airline executives alike.

Delta has long lamented the state of the Worldport, which it uses for many of its international flights, describing the space as unpleasant and unfit for its role as a gateway to the United States for international travelers.

(via, indirectly via)

thingsmagazine: The Queen’s Building, Heathrow, by Gordon...

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 01:23:00 +0100

thingsmagazine:

The Queen’s Building, Heathrow, by Gordon Cullen (detail)

There’s a lovely set full of scans of the then London Airport over on Flickr. Well worth a look. (This building, which turned into Terminal 2, is, I believe, either currently being demolished, or demolished entirely.)

Brasilia celebrates 50 years at BBC News In Pictures, by Rene...

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:27:00 +0100

Brasilia celebrates 50 years at BBC News In Pictures, by Rene Burri of Magnum Photos.