Comments on: Britain’s most hated buildings http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/ Practical Lifestyle Advice for Homemakers and Home Owners Wed, 07 Sep 2011 17:37:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Twistie http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-1259 Twistie Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:38:56 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/#comment-1259 I can't stand drab, grey, awkwardly-proportioned buildings, and most of these fit that bill. I certainly would hate an entire landscape of such buildings, but must agree they stand out more as eyesores in areas where the other buildings don't resemble them. The Cumbernauld shopping center looks as though it were constructed of all the worst bits of three or four different buildings that would look crap standing side-by-side, too. That certainly isn't helping. I can’t stand drab, grey, awkwardly-proportioned buildings, and most of these fit that bill. I certainly would hate an entire landscape of such buildings, but must agree they stand out more as eyesores in areas where the other buildings don’t resemble them.

The Cumbernauld shopping center looks as though it were constructed of all the worst bits of three or four different buildings that would look crap standing side-by-side, too. That certainly isn’t helping.

]]> By: Emily http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Emily Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:22:02 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/#comment-1246 The good news is that due to the shoddy modern construction codes in Britain (and probably the US too, although I suspect that Boston City Hall will survive nuclear annihilation), most of these buildings will fall down within eighty years. The good news is that due to the shoddy modern construction codes in Britain (and probably the US too, although I suspect that Boston City Hall will survive nuclear annihilation), most of these buildings will fall down within eighty years.

]]> By: Tav http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Tav Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:38:41 +0000 http://manolohome.com/2008/07/08/britains-most-hated-buildings/#comment-1245 I think the hatred comes it setting rather than it's style. The Crown House in Kidderminster in the only one of its kind in Kidderminster and its situated in a historic old area of Kidderminster. In the New York boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn the setting is different because, as you state, there similar looking building seen every day in these boroughs. The mood point is that something not in its setting it is also loved but only if it's new or well-kept e.g. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Cumbernauld shopping centre in the 1960s. When a building is un-kept if it's similar to its neighbours it's ignored, but if it's dissimilar to its neighbours it's hated. I think the hatred comes it setting rather than it’s style. The Crown House in Kidderminster in the only one of its kind in Kidderminster and its situated in a historic old area of Kidderminster. In the New York boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn the setting is different because, as you state, there similar looking building seen every day in these boroughs.
The mood point is that something not in its setting it is also loved but only if it’s new or well-kept e.g. Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Cumbernauld shopping centre in the 1960s. When a building is un-kept if it’s similar to its neighbours it’s ignored, but if it’s dissimilar to its neighbours it’s hated.

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