Simon Carne's Comments
Comment on: Simpson completes ‘twee’ Kensington Palace loggia
Sustainable development? Just in time to beat the NPPF.
Comment on: Horden Cherry Lee submits contentious Robin Hood Gardens plans
Knocking down perfectly good (arguably excellent) buildings that need an Urban Splash treatment. Re-building on virtually the same footprint. Such a waste and shortsighted. What is needed is a more "nuanced" approach.
Comment on: Horden Cherry Lee submits contentious Robin Hood Gardens plans
Knocking down perfectly good (arguably excellent) buildings that need an Urban Splash treatment. Re-building on virtually the same footprint. Such a waste and shortsighted. What is needed is a more "nuanced" approach.
Comment on: Design competitions are ‘abusive’, says Viñoly
Architects/ urban designers etc deserve to be paid for serious competition entries. I was involved in 2 - Luxembourg and Copenhagen which were paid for as one of a selected shortlist for real projects not "ideas". These can be successful and good for the image of the practice. The competitive interview process can be combined with some "design" work to demonstrate understanding or interrogation of the "brief". Ideas competitions such as the pylon one - will any of the entries ever make it to production? They are little more than PR and portfolio images.
Comment on: AJ Buildings Library now open to all AJ subscribers
Christine - I stumbled on this yesterday when looking at the Stirling Prize shortlisting challenge. An excellent resource well done.
Comment on: AJ Buildings Library now open to all AJ subscribers
Christine - I stumbled on this yesterday when looking at the Stirling Prize shortlisting challenge. An excellent resource well done.
Comment on: PLP’s Camden 'super lab' in for planning
A bit of respect for its more distinguished neighbours wouldn't go amiss would it?
Comment on: High Street 2012 public works jobs up for grabs
and £300k only applies to one of the four study areas with design to stage C.
Comment on: High Street 2012 public works jobs up for grabs
and £300k only applies to one of the four study areas with design to stage C.
Comment on: MAXXI museum, Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects
Empty images / dramatic compositions. An "art" building where the artistry is in the forms and any "art" is superfluous?
Comment on: Oxford Circus gets Japanese-style ‘desire line’ crossing
£5m is a nice round number - possibly some journalistic licence? It would be interesting to know what's in and what if anything is out. Construction on the public highway and probably one of the busiest junctions in London, whilst keeping the traffic moving does not come cheap.
Comment on: Kevin McCloud wins planning for first housing development
Simple triangular space, logical planning, dense but not cramped. I like the flues - breaking up the roof line but what are they doing? - wood burners / hiding vent stacks? Cant imagine what all the fuss was about.
Comment on: Robert Adam reveals John O'Groats revamp
Why are you giving this space in the AJ? Twee possibly - Scottish? I don't think so, it is a tourist centre attached to a ferry terminal with a large car park. Environmentally, socially and economically sustainable?
Comment on: Amazing pictures: London's first living wall dies
Glad to see my old mate Nigel Lees speaking his mind. If you want living walls you have to love them and pay for them. Have a look at the flank wall of the Atheneum hotel in Piccadilly opposite Green park or the restaurant in Drury Lane junction of Russell Street.
Comment on: In pictures: SANAA's Serpentine Pavilion
The concept of a free flowing structure seemingly floating above the grass - undisturbed by the construction process looked better but the result is still the best I've seen.
Comment on: Video: English Heritage meets Urban Splash becomes massive mess
Taken together with previous weeks offering on Apethorpe Hall (EH as developer), they are classic investigative and unconsciously humorous TV. Particularly liked the squint test applied to a concrete frame when all the subtle colours of brick and fenestration had been just chucked away as if it wasn't part of the original concept. It was also interesting to see the caretaker driving around the streets in the air past what looked like sensitively restored front doors and lots of friendly residents. Next stop Robin Hood Lane?
Comment on: First look: SANAA's Serpentine Pavilion
This one looks well worth waiting for after some recent disappointments.
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