Pretty pleased with this one after stopping on the way home for today’s picture. Taken with the Fuji F31d, perspective slightly corrected in Photoshop then given the black and white treatment in BibblePro using the Andy Plugin. TriPanX film simulation.
Some seriously good photography here. Some of the aerial shots over London are great.
Via: The Real Gent
My new favourite blog..
SWALLOW FIELDS HOUSING IN TIPTON, WEST MIDLANDS BY CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS: “
THIS BUILDING IS THE DEVIL, IT IS THE ENEMY, IT IS SO UNREMITTINGLY FUCKING GRIM THAT IT’S HARD TO EVEN LOOK AT THE PICTURE WITHOUT IT DAMAGING YOU.
IT’S A COMBINATION OF BOTCHED CURTAIN WALLING, WINDOWS THAT DON’T FIT THE HOLES THEY’RE IN, ALL TOPPED OFF WITH A HAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ARMY SENTRY POST IN WEST BELFAST. JUST NEEDS A BIG FUCKING GUN TURRET ON TOP AND IT WOULD FIT RIGHT IN.
SMALL OBSERVATION – I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT I’VE NEVER SEEN EFFLORESCENCE ON THE MORTAR BETWEEN TERRACOTTA BOLLOCKING TILES.
THIS BUILDING WAS SHORTLISTED FOR A FUCKING AWARD. IT COULD HAVE WALKED AWAY WITH ‘BEST RSL-LED LARGE DEVELOPMENT’ AT THE AFFORDABLE HOME OWNERSHIP AWARDS. ADMITTEDLY THAT IS NOT A PARTICULARLY COMPETITIVE CONTEXT, BUT FOR FUCK’S SAKE. THE REF MUST HAVE BEEN BLIND.
APPARENTLY ‘THE CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT SOLUTIONS TEAM IS RECOGNISED THROUGHOUT THE MIDLANDS FOR ITS EXPERTISE AND INNOVATION.’ EVERYONE IN THE FUCKING MIDLANDS SHOULD GET OUT MORE.
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(Via Bad British Architecture.)
Richard uploaded this to Flickr earlier. Reminded me of spending 5 years of my life in this building whilst studying and then a few more part time teaching.
1998-2001 then 2002-2004.
A great little piece on the Guardian website about the spate of new developments in Bath. Full article here.
When you step out of the railway station, designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, pretty much the first thing you see is a vulgar new shopping mall, dolled up in a style you might call Las Vegas Georgian for its soulless imitation. This is SouthGate, designed by Chapman Taylor, an architecture firm specialising in city-centre malls. SouthGate’s new shops, which will give Bath a glut of the kind of chain stores and cafes you can find in any British city, are basically bulky concrete boxes pasted over with little more than a veneer of Bath stone. While these faux-Georgian frocks might look convincing in computer drawings, in reality the effect is crude and deeply disappointing. Georgian architecture, even when rushed up, was always beautifully proportioned and lovingly detailed by craftsmen.
One of the tower blocks from the Heygate Estate at Elephant and Castle. Soon to be demolished.
John Galsworthy Building, Kingston University.
I resumed my Part course at Kingston on Weds and after an hour or so of trying to find the actual lecture room we ended up in this building. Another bar code facade and with the most hideous internal layout I’ve seen. Dreadful. All the money obviously got spent on the facade.
I’m shocked that it got an RIBA award. Did the judges even go inside the building? As for the teaching spaces… well the lighting is dreadful, bog standard 600×600 ceiling tiles and lights so bad that they phyiscally hurt your eyes.
I’m so glad I don’t have to be at University full time anymore.
Popped out yesterday for a wander around town. Had a coffee at the ICA then went over to the National Portrait Gallery to see the Annie Leibovitz exhibtion. Really enjoyed her work but far too many people in the gallery to make viewing them a pleasurable experience. Took a few pics before and after and went home for a lovely roast chicken. Still no lights in the flat. Great.
Digger, originally uploaded by Andy*Matthews.
Off on a short trip to see St Catherine’s College in Oxford with the office this morning. Should be good and also a nice lunch planned. The trip is courtesy of Fritz Hansen.
Updated with a few pictures from today
