Discussion
Mark Benson said:
Seems the owners of the 'spaceship house' in Holland Park(?) didn't make many friends among the neighbours during the 12 years it took them to build, I wonder if that's why the panel were so split on whether to take them forward?
Amazing space given the footprint, but seemingly an architect who wanted what he wanted at whatever cost to others.
Wood Lane, Highgate (just behind Highgate Tube). Amazing space given the footprint, but seemingly an architect who wanted what he wanted at whatever cost to others.
There really is not much to be gained by trying to be nice to the neighbours there - there's a self-appointed claque of luvvies and professionals in a preservation society who oppose everything subsequent to the invention of the wheel, much as they did with the dam upgrades on the Heath. Of course, they were not the ones who would be flooded in the events provided for, merely the peasants in Gospel Oak and Kentish Town below them.
Highgate has some really interesting modern architecture but I can't think of a single example there which was not built in the teeth of spirited opposition and normally only on appeal to the Secretary of State.
zygalski said:
After watching last week's episode it's strange that 1 out of every 3 or 4 houses featured on GD is a 1960's case study Stahl house clone.
Which in turn was rehash of the Pavillion House in Barcelona, built in the late 20s.They say there's nothing new under the sun, so where did Mies van dee Rohe got his ideas from.
Edited by loughran on Wednesday 29th November 12:43
Can see why it won but there is a lot of "The Omen" about that place... And 26,000 fruit trees...? That's a lot of crumble.
My favourite was the cantilevered bungalow, with Kevin's Aston parked under it, looked achingly cool. Also the one from this week with the tigers on the wall was great, the tigers were a mistake though.
My favourite was the cantilevered bungalow, with Kevin's Aston parked under it, looked achingly cool. Also the one from this week with the tigers on the wall was great, the tigers were a mistake though.
zygalski said:
Ok so the fugly non-ostentatious oast house with the concerto room won.
Fantastic.
I thought the hideaway house was a far greater achievement tbh.
It was my least favorite of the lot!, looked like a giant termite mound.Fantastic.
I thought the hideaway house was a far greater achievement tbh.
Surely some measure of popular appeal should be part of the judging.
JagLover said:
Surely some measure of popular appeal should be part of the judging.
why on earth would you put any award involving intellect to the general public?we'd end up with Boaty McBoatface winning
even people here don't think an "ugly" building should win, or a house "that they would never want to live in"
garyhun said:
JagLover said:
Surely some measure of popular appeal should be part of the judging.
No, that's the Daily Mail house of the year GD house of the year is a prize for architecture, by architects.
I must admit I didn’t expect that to win. I was a bit baffled by the reasoning of the head judge that it was “just so simple!”. Eh?! Which bit of that design was simple? It’s great to tell us how many fruit trees you’ve planted, but that isn’t architecture.
There was a lot of emphasis on multi-generational living, but I couldn’t help feeling that that is a fairly easy thing to achieve when you have the means to build a gigantic house for what must be an eight-figure budget. Designing something for multi-generational use on a more modest budget/plot would have been much more of an achievement.
Maybe the programme didn’t show off the house very well, but I wasn’t left with a very good idea of what was impressive architecturally. It mostly seemed to revolve around the idea that it was based on oast houses, but Minecrafted and made massive. Speaking of mass, I thought architects generally want to avoid too much massing in a building design, but the roof from some angles looked problematic in that regard (to my admittedly unqualified eyes).
Edited by Prawo Jazdy on Friday 22 December 10:01
I liked it as an idea, I would have preferred the oast house parts round. I thought the living parts seemed uncomfortable, the architect showing off rather than giving balanced living spaces.
The plunge pool in the centre seemed at odds with the image of kids wandering freely, but perhaps there's a hidden hard cover.
The plunge pool in the centre seemed at odds with the image of kids wandering freely, but perhaps there's a hidden hard cover.
garyhun said:
SydneyBridge said:
New series of GD Australia on more 4 tonight
Really like some of these. Will see...
Thanks for the heads-up, I like these too!Really like some of these. Will see...
Quirky (to say the least) but what a crappy plot and the building totally dominated it.
LaurasOtherHalf said:
garyhun said:
SydneyBridge said:
New series of GD Australia on more 4 tonight
Really like some of these. Will see...
Thanks for the heads-up, I like these too!Really like some of these. Will see...
Quirky (to say the least) but what a crappy plot and the building totally dominated it.
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