Comments on: Soundhouse by Careyjones and Jefferson Sheard

By: Me

Me — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:45:28 +0000

It is possible for two poeple to indipendently come up with similar ideas, whether they are 1000 miles, 10 yrs, 500 yrs removed. It’s been known to happen, strangely enough!

By: Lucia

Lucia — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:03:27 +0000

I am certainly no expert on architecture but I love this building – I go past it every morning on the way to work, but it is a bit of a shame to learn it is not an original idea, but I am still a big fan of this unusual building

By: b. vuksanovic

b. vuksanovic — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:44:56 +0000

yes, it is a little bit disappointing to see such a literal translation of the design of the 1998. Tiburg building without giving reference to it…

By: Jeroen

Jeroen — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:13:41 +0000

I agree fully with Flip. There is no problem with re-using a good idea from 10 years ago, but if the source of inspiration is so obvious and so little modified, claiming it as entirely one’s own, new design seems to outline a lack of self confidence by the architects. A reference by the architects to the Benthem Crouwel project would be to the credit of CareyJones.

By: kingmu

kingmu — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:07:19 +0000

i like everything about this.

By: Flip

Flip — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:22:53 +0000

Henkjahn is right. It seems a pretty literal ‘inspiration’ from the 1998 Tilburg building. Even the proposed functions are related. Sometimes ideas evolve simultaneously in more than one part of the world, but… in this case I think a footnote or any other kind of written reference by the english studio would be one way to show their full respect to their dutch colleagues to the public.

By: dariusz

dariusz — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:24:28 +0000

Wow..bringing the acoustics outside!! What an idea! Looks great and performs! wicked!

By: freedom

freedom — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:30:50 +0000

yeah henkjan! i almost forgot the name of that building in tilburg.

By: da

da — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:53:35 +0000

neo POMO…

By: J

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:20:38 +0000

Why are people complaining so much about Dezeen’s selection process? If you don’t like something, that’s fine, but it’s subjective. So skip the articlen (or Dezeen) if it’s bothering you. Of course, you can have criticism on a project, but stop whining about Dezeen’s choice of projects.