Comments on: Silver Promenade café by Arca

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:58:06 +0000

@ Ritchie: Agreed many English seaside towns have that soft beauty and charm you talk of, but I found Morecambe to be one of the ones that feels like a washed-up, Victorian era dead end town. I’m glad it’s recieving this sort of attention, but I think it’ll need a bit more yet before it regains some charm.

By: CYL

CYL — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:55:55 +0000

i don’t really agree this settlement is very nice.
i imagan when i walk to this building,
it give me a not comfortable feeling,
juz like a big stone nearly fall down to me…..
is so solid.
although the construction maybe complex and need to calculate a lot ,
the design not really can show me the morden feeling…
juz like a steel case put onto the grond……

By: bas

bas — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:52:38 +0000

amazing!! i love this trend of interesting beach huts!!! but maybe someone should just copy some Arne Jacobsen since he, in my believes, designed the most wonderful of all!

By: evap

evap — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:17:44 +0000

I love that industrial cladding in this case! in my opinion furniture and outdoor chairs really went wrong.

By: Richie

Richie — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:17:53 +0000

Re: “miserable looking place” – I don’t think so, it looks like a typical English seaside town to me! Those kind of places can have a soft beauty or at least a charm to them that maybe isn’t directly apparent in photos that only show a limited context. The building looks fine, though the cladding seems somewhat industrial to me on first reaction.

By: William Smith

William Smith — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:00:48 +0000

There’s a nice simplicity to it that makes it feel whole. While some might complain that it doesnt relate to it’s surrounding context to well, I feel that in this case its quite alright. I like the thickness to it also.

By: Peter Drew

Peter Drew — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 11:34:10 +0000

I love the structure and materials but what inappropriate, clumsy lettering. Do architects have influence over signage?

By: nathan

nathan — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 03:13:05 +0000

what’s with architects and those particular outdoor chairs? is there something i’m missing in their greatness? i see them everywhere!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:53:46 +0000

^agreed

By: john

john — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 02:38:51 +0000

nice architecture, but my god thats a miserable looking place.