Eddy Rhead's Comments
Comment on: Cultural bonanza as Arts Council funding victors named
My maths isnt great but it seems £54m of the £114m available is being spent in London. Places like the Royal Opera House already receive huge subsidies from Government and it would be fair to say the huge majority of the British population have never and will never cross its threshold. Isnt it about time we set free such places into the cold hard world of market forces and spend the money in a more meaningful and fairer way?
Comment on: EPR’s Coronation Street redevelopment steps forward
The blandification of Manchester is seemingly unstoppable Charlie. Whilst there is 'exciting opportunity' for 'mixed use' to be had Manchester will surely take it. I fail to see how this scheme "draws on the rich history and character of the site" if i'm honest but its early days i suppose!
Comment on: Shapero completes Manchester youth mental health centre
Refreshingly bold.
Comment on: Peel not afraid to 'walk away' from Liverpool Waters
The arrogance of Peel and Lindsey Ashworth in particular holds no bounds. The fact they are prepared to take their ball home with them if they dont get to win is typical and shows their lack of commitment to sustainable development. Ashworth is the one, when faced with criticism from English Heritage and UNESCO that LIverpool Waters would threaten Pier Head's World Heritage Site status claimed "We are right and they are completely wrong".
Comment on: Grimshaw to design secret airport in Russia
What next? Grimshaw wins competition to build rocket launch site inside extinct volcano ?
Comment on: Battersea Power Station worth £470m more if flattened
Just think of the value of the land that that useless eyesore St Paul's Cathedral is sitting on?
Comment on: UK's £131bn PFI bill 'four times the value of assets'
I would say 'It seemed like a good idea at the time' but ....................... it didnt.
Comment on: RPS submits plans for enormous Sheerness wind turbine plant
"A Grade II-listed building on the site and other buildings associated with statutorily listed structures would be removed to make way for the facility." Removed? To somewhere else? To landfill?
Comment on: Government considers scrapping BREEAM requirements for schools
Greenest government ever?
Comment on: Pawson reveals £80m Commonwealth Institute rebirth
It may be an impertinent question but where on earth is the £80m coming from? Its surely an obscene amount of money to be spending at the best of times?
Comment on: Trump freezes £750 million golf resort over wind farm threat
Oh the irony.
Comment on: Ian Simpson and Mecanoo's First Street plans approved
Oh dear. Thats not very good is it?
Comment on: HS2 Euston revamp threatens AHMM scheme
So a double decked solution would be too expensive and 'difficult to navigate' eh? Can i suggest the DoT take a visit to the 5 level Berlin Central Station to see how it should be done in that case?
Comment on: Top 10: World's most spectacular modern churches
All these beautiful new churches around the world but in the UK we are not only not building any new churches but demolishing them left, right and centre.
Comment on: Roath Lock Studios, Cardiff, by FAT and Holder Mathias Architects
Whats the Welsh for "Are you having a laugh?"
Comment on: 'Incredibly disappointed' Wilkinson Eyre dropped by Tesco
Isnt there a theme developing here? Tesco, faced with a tricky route through planning, engage a decent architect to hoodwink planners and then drop them like a Buy One Get One Free hot potato once planning is secured. Every Little Helps i suppose!
Comment on: Quadrant 3, London, by Dixon Jones with Donald Insall Associates
Great article and an equally good building but to describe Darwen as being in a 'remote part of Lancashire' is both untrue and ever so slightly patronising. I do hope this comment reaches you - i shall put it on the next stagecoach that passes through. Now you'll have to excuse me - my whippet needs walking and i need to go and scrounge some coal off the slag heaps.
Comment on: UNESCO: Liverpool at risk of losing World Heritage Status
Does anyone seriously think this development is going to happen anyway?
Comment on: Heatherwick completes Worth Abbey revival
Stunning.
Comment on: Austin-Smith:Lord files for insolvency
But the Peoples History Museum extension, very prominent in the foreground, is by AS:L
Comment on: BDP's £700m Tithebarn scheme canned as John Lewis pulls out
John Lewis clearly didnt think it was a good idea.
Comment on: 'Massive missed opportunity': Government slashes solar panel funding
"I want the coalition to be the greenest government ever" David Cameron May 2010
Comment on: It's a wrap: FAT finishes 260m-long facade for the BBC
Emperor's New Clothes
Comment on: D5 completes £2.4m Milton Keynes rugby pavilion
Lovely stuff. Restrained and classy. Nice palette of materials.
Comment on: Aedas latest practice to take on Euston station
‘self-funding, quick-win packages’ Translation: 'cheap and ill thought out'
Comment on: Donald Trump clubhouse scheme by Acanthus revealed
£750m on the scheme. £3.75 on the render.
Comment on: 'I'm looking for an architect,' says Tesco chief
Cynical attempt to get a troublesome scheme through planning as opposed to a real commitment to decent architecture.
Comment on: Danish practice wins 'Next generation of pylon' contest
Each design has its own merits so wouldnt it be a nice idea to perhaps have a range of designs which reflect the landscape that they go in? Or different geographical regions having their own designs?
Comment on: Allies and Morrison's contentious Winchester plans resurrected
‘It is a good scheme and Allies and Morrison has done a pretty good job.' Hardly a ringing endorsement of both the scheme or the architecture is it? If the developer cant even be bothered to talk it up then it doesn't bode well does it?
Comment on: Lego unveils Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House
What are these people trying to do to me!?!
Comment on: Fresh hope for Bradford's 'big hole'
If the render above, showing the proposed scheme, is anything to go by i think Bradford would be better off sticking with the hole for the time being.
Comment on: Work completes on Sheffield homes by FAT and AA Architects
Definition of Grove - 'a small wood, orchard or group of trees.' Not 'endless and ugly hard paving devoid of any greenery soon to be covered by parked cars'. As far as the houses go - gimmicky and dishonest masquerading as "well designed and striking".
Comment on: Release of Prince Charles' planning letters blocked
So it "could appear to undermine his political neutrality" could it? He obviously doesnt have political neutrality because he is clearly trying to use his influence to dictate policy. Its politics with a small 'p' but politics none the less.
Comment on: Revealed: latest images of Aedas' Robin Hood Gardens replacement
Generic. At best.
Comment on: Rioters could be kicked out of social housing, says Pickles
Making desperate and angry people that little bit more desperate and angry. That won't have any negative consequences. Will it?
Comment on: Free schools: 21 meetings for Gove and Murdoch empire
Does anyone else find the comment ‘We would be open to discussions with anyone regarding free schools.’ a bit chilling? Or is it just me?
Comment on: In pictures: AS+GG to design world’s tallest tower
I thought we were done with this kind of lunacy?
Comment on: AJ Buildings Library now open to all AJ subscribers
Absolutely love the library. However, and i hate to be Peter Pedant, but Castleford Bridge by McDowell and Benedetti has ended up in a place called Wakeford and not where it should be - in Wakefield.
Comment on: Robert Adam completes Northampton mental health facility
I am lost for words (which is *very* rare for me).
Comment on: Kevin McCloud’s housing to be rolled out
I like the bike racks though!
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