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A term I like to use is context. What is the character of the neighborhood. It is however, important to understand that in urban environments, one of the elements of a stimulating environment is the juxtaposition of modern and classical, strong yet simple form coupled with classical architectural ornament. In college one of the first assignments I had as to create variety within order. This sums up what a great urban environment should be.

This car-parking building on Hereford street with a Timezone arcade in the ground floor has actually became a bit of a meme online. It's right in central Christchurch, less than a block from Cathedral Square and on the backside of Cashel street. It's a basically a big concrete wall, set about 20 meters back from the road. The carparking building is somewhat a part of the BNZ Centre, as well as Oxford Terrace. When I first saw it around when it opened last year, I was somewhat bemused and disappointed that building looking like this will be allowed in the central city (let alone another parking building). However, since then I've seen a few photos of this building a numerous social media sites/posts, often with little context besides something like "look at this big strange ugly concrete building". Even seen foreigners repost photos of it and talk about it. It goes to show this is not a regular building. Often dubbed the "brutalist arcade" Walked past it again yesterday, and nothing much has changed. Anyone know if there are any plans for it/the site in front of it which is currently a bare patch of grass? Also, what are people's thoughts on it? #christchurch #newzealand #architecture #urbanplanning #nz

Bruce Carnegie-Brown, chairman of Lloyd’s of London, has objected to the redevelopment of the former Aviva building near Leadenhall Market into a 73-story skyscraper, known as 1 Undershaft. He argues it would eliminate an important public space. The skyscraper, designed by Eric Parry, would be nearly as tall as The Shard and include an 11th-floor public garden. Some architects also oppose the new design, preferring the existing modernist structure. A vote on the project is scheduled for later today【CityAM】 What do we all think? Do we want to put this up there? https://lnkd.in/etM42Sbz

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Stonehenge, St Pancras…the Ringway? Ahead of the crucial vote this week by Birmingham City Council’s Planning Committee, Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud has backed our campaign to save the Smallbrook Ringway Centre - a landmark mid-century modern building, currently threatened with total demolition. In a recorded video message to councillors, McCloud invokes Stonehenge, New York’s Grand Central Station, and London’s St Pancras Station, as now celebrated landmarks that at various points in their history, were also undervalued or faced the threat of destruction. Describing the Ringway as ‘a ribbon of craftsmanship, [and] of 1960s optimism’, he calls for the building to be imaginatively reinvented. The Ringway Centre was designed by James Roberts between 1958-60 - the same architect behind the city’s celebrated Rotunda tower - and has been described by historians as ‘the best piece of mid-20th century urban design in Birmingham’. Known for its dramatic 230m long elevation that curves along Smallbrook Queensway, and sweeps over Hurst Street on great V-shaped pilotti, it is thought to be the longest single retail frontage in the country. The planned redevelopment would see the building levelled to make way for three residential towers between 44 and 56 storeys. Of the 1,800 residential units, only 4.4% of would classify as affordable housing – well below the councils own 35% target for developments of this scale. Meanwhile the scheme would have a devastating carbon cost of 187 million kg of CO₂ - equivalent to driving a family car around the earth 33,000 time. This horizontal skyscraper, straight from the Mad Men era, deserves better than the bulldozer. With a little imagination, it's ready to be renewed and revitalised, fit for the 21st Century. Read more: https://lnkd.in/evMkFkFB

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