Will it fall over

[maltaron]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...style-set-come-life-French-Mediterranean.html

A bit dodgy when its only occupied on one side!

 

[loply]

That's absolutely hideous.

When are architects going to start producing buildings again that will stand the test of time? And why can't they get it in their heads that thin metal cladding panels and plasticy buildings age faster than a grape in a desert?

My old highschool was a massive, elegant red brick building 100 years old. They knocked it down and replaced it with a tin building which is buckling, rusting and stained after 5 years. In 10 it will look utter tripe.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

That's absolutely hideous.

No it's not.

But I tell you what - you stay away from http://images.google.com/images?q=montpellier+architecture+contemporaine and I'll go there and enjoy it without having to bump into philistine peasants like you.

And why can't they get it in their heads that thin metal cladding panels and plasticy buildings age faster than a grape in a desert?

OTOH http://images.google.com/images?q=maison+acier+corten

My old highschool was a massive, elegant red brick building 100 years old. They knocked it down and replaced it with a tin building which is buckling, rusting and stained after 5 years. In 10 it will look utter tripe.

You are Prince Charles, and I claim my black spider letter of ignorant bile.

 

[Norcon]

Not a pretty sight imo.
Will buckle in high winds like Galloping Gertie.

Things like that will never be a lasting tourist attraction because well er.. they just don't last.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

I've stayed here, and eaten in this restaurant

And this one.

And in places like these

It has architecture like this

and like this

and like this

and like this

It's all different, and it all works - it's a fantastic place.

We do not need or want architects to look to the past, and build modern versions of what was built 100 years ago - that way lies Poundbury and theme-park towns.

We need and want them to be bold, and imaginative, and challenging. And sometimes shocking, and a bit mad.

Will they always get it right? No - of course not, but to never try for fear of failure, or of upsetting people like loply would be tragic.