Chris Rogers
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Comment on: Historic England issues new guidance for avoiding ‘ill-considered’ skyscrapers
Shocking that they built those two 'fake Gothic' towers in front of 20 Fenchurch St. Stone cladding on a steel frame, pretending to be old; monotonous repetition of form; gimmicky moveable arms. Is that what HE mean?
Comment on: ‘The planners were bemused why we wanted to keep it’: the clients championing retrofit
Fascinating stuff but £196 million for a repositioning of a barely 30 year old building wow
Comment on: Carmody Groarke submits plans for Finsbury Circus office revamp
And here finally is the application, under 1-5 London Wall Buildings:
https://www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-applications/files/31CDA738DD67CC29E5262111AE948934/pdf/19_01345_FULMAJ-PART_1_-_DESIGN_AND_ACCESS_STATEMENT-459290.pdfComment on: Traditionalists launch new design panel to combat councils’ ‘Modernist bias’
Maybe I missed it but I can't see any explanation of how a private group gets to be consulted by local planning authorities. What's to stop me forming one advocating, say, underground buildings or ones made entirely of straw??
Comment on: BIG takes ‘first foray’ into the North with curving Newcastle office
A not unreasonable response to the city's wonderful topography - here rendered, somewhat tautologically, as "sloping hills" - but I'm not sure the materials are right for the location.
