Comments on: "Bloody fools, bloody fools" http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/10/reinier-de-graf-of-oma-on-masterpieces-by-bureaucrats/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Andreas http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/10/reinier-de-graf-of-oma-on-masterpieces-by-bureaucrats/comment-page-1/#comment-994908 Andreas Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:38:20 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=244036#comment-994908 Pretty much all historical buildings in London are thermally inefficient. Asbestos can be removed. Demolished due to security issues? Let's face it; they just didn't like the way it looked. Pretty much all historical buildings in London are thermally inefficient. Asbestos can be removed. Demolished due to security issues?

Let's face it; they just didn't like the way it looked.

]]> By: Christopher Moore http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/10/reinier-de-graf-of-oma-on-masterpieces-by-bureaucrats/comment-page-1/#comment-994808 Christopher Moore Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:25:14 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=244036#comment-994808 Heart-breaking. It seems to me to be emblematic of societies that look to the past with nostalgia though. These buildings were built when Britain was a progressive, forward-looking nation, and I feel like we've never really grown into buildings like this. It's a bit like American automotive design, trapped in a time they wish they still inhabited. And playing it very safe. Heart-breaking.

It seems to me to be emblematic of societies that look to the past with nostalgia though. These buildings were built when Britain was a progressive, forward-looking nation, and I feel like we've never really grown into buildings like this.

It's a bit like American automotive design, trapped in a time they wish they still inhabited. And playing it very safe.

]]> By: Benjamin http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/10/reinier-de-graf-of-oma-on-masterpieces-by-bureaucrats/comment-page-1/#comment-994556 Benjamin Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:49:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=244036#comment-994556 'fraid not: <a href="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44506000/jpg/_44506308_pimlico-school-plan_416.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44506000/jp...</a> ‘fraid not: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44506000/jp…

]]> By: Chris pierre http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/10/reinier-de-graf-of-oma-on-masterpieces-by-bureaucrats/comment-page-1/#comment-994542 Chris pierre Tue, 11 Sep 2012 20:12:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=244036#comment-994542 Westminster council wanted the building gone. It reminded them too much of the free thinking ethos of the school itself. An amazing (but unloved & uncared for) building has been lost along with a fabulous (albeit with problems) school to be replaced by a monumentally bland building that only used half the site (so luxury housing can be built on the other half when the political climate changes) that houses an academy that turns out little robots programmed by the "future" sponsors who will make a packet when the luxury flats get the go ahead. A travesty, both architecturally and educationally. Westminster council wanted the building gone. It reminded them too much of the free thinking ethos of the school itself. An amazing (but unloved & uncared for) building has been lost along with a fabulous (albeit with problems) school to be replaced by a monumentally bland building that only used half the site (so luxury housing can be built on the other half when the political climate changes) that houses an academy that turns out little robots programmed by the “future” sponsors who will make a packet when the luxury flats get the go ahead. A travesty, both architecturally and educationally.

]]> By: boris johnson http://www.dezeen.com/2012/09/10/reinier-de-graf-of-oma-on-masterpieces-by-bureaucrats/comment-page-1/#comment-994512 boris johnson Tue, 11 Sep 2012 18:31:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=244036#comment-994512 What's next? The Barbican? Fckn bloody fools they are. What’s next? The Barbican? Fckn bloody fools they are.

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