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Tag Archives: Architecture
Carbuncle Cup: the end of localism?
It’s been a busy few days for me. Since last Wednesday, when Woolwich Central was announced as the winner of Building Design’s Carbuncle Cup, I’ve been inundated with emails, tweets and requests for comment: I chaired the Greenwich Council Planning … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Carbuncle Cup, Greenwich, Labour, Localism, Planning, Politics, Tesco, Woolwich, Woolwich Central
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Parade’s End: how First World War architecture fell out of fashion
With the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War upon us, it’s been impossible to escape. Siegfried Sassoon poems have been reverently recited on Newsnight. On Woolwich Common, near where I live, a replica trench has been built … Continue reading
And who is to blame for this carbuncle? Er, me actually…
SEPTEMBER 3rd UPDATE: The Woolwich Central development, which this blog post of June 25th covered, has now been declared the winner of Building Design’s 2014 Carbuncle Cup, as covered by the Guardian, the BBC’s One Show (3 minutes thirty seconds … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Carbuncle Cup, Greenwich, Labour, Planning, Politics, Tesco, Woolwich, Woolwich Central
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Rising to the occasion: the architecture of election counts
What was the most interesting thing about the Newark by-election earlier this month? Not the failure of UKIP to break through (for once I was glad a Conservative candidate won. A UKIP victory would have inflicted psychological damage on the Tories and been seized … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Conservatives, Elections, History, Politics
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