In a warren of rooms inside a 400-year-old townhouse on the Essex-Suffolk border, a counter-revolution against the most dramatic rebuilding of the London skyline in decades is gathering strength.
Eschewing computer power for sharp pencils and tracing paper, father and son architect team Quinlan and Francis Terry are drafting classically inspired designs for some of the capital’s most prominent sites in a fightback against plans for hundreds of new skyscrapers.
— theguardian.com
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Let the flame roast begin!
I have nothing against the style of the building, but the composition is a bit strange. The double arches at the base looks like they designed the building too short and then added another series of tall arches to make up the difference. The roof is a bit of a strech to say nothing of the competing skyline sillouette features. They probably should have looked at 1920's and 30's neo-classicism and how it resolved the issues of height.
I don't know what fuel there is to spark a flame over. I think we cheapen historical buildings by attempting to imitate them completely, but that doesn't mean that no one likes the style and that they shouldn't be built. We don't need Gehry buildings on every block either.
If that is what the clients want, then that a nice building. It doesn't really challenge or innovate, but it doesn't need to in order to be architecture. It is what it is.
I respect a nice hand-drawn elevation though. And classical buildings are amazing at intricate detail work, so maybe this proposal would have something there.
good construction is beautiful in any style. until it's built, no further comment from me.
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