Comments on: A Botch-Up In Bishopsgate

By: John W

John W — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 19:27:59 +0000

Unfortunately, much as one can blame developers and their design consultants, the real culprit is the City of London who have the responsibility over permitting development. While they cared about conserving the facade design, which is something worthwhile in my opinion, in this case their interest did not extend to conserving the interior and historic basement level of this building. Perhaps as part of the redevelopment a historic report was prepared of the interiors and basement level – its quite likely; but sadly with heritage interiors, unless these are of great interest and the public are aware, they are usually overlooked by most people and allowed to be lost. Out of sight, out of mind! At least we are recording heritage before it is lost, but developers and money still tend to rule the roost in the City of London.

By: Vivienne

Vivienne — Tue, 02 Jul 2019 23:09:17 +0000

I just don’t understand – they spend all this money on ugly buildings, when they could refurbish existing buildings and reuse them.

Also, how hard is it to design something that fits in with the building, surroundings, etc.?

I used one of your previous posts on facadism to make a submission to stop a very tall hotel being built in Dunedin, New Zealand. The hotel would have been completely out of character with the historic nature of Dunedin.

By: Greta Kelly

Greta Kelly — Sun, 30 Jun 2019 19:20:21 +0000

Eva Wiseman writes about this in today’s Observer Magazine, including the above mentioned book.( Page 5)
Hope more and more people object to this shambles of old and new, which is just a lazy compromise!
She writes, “ – new offices inserted behind the mask of old pub fronts or warehouses, like Christmas tricks of ducks inside turkeys”

By: Evie

Evie — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 18:36:31 +0000

Absolutely gross. When will they learn?!

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:45:22 +0000

Barbaric architecture

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 26 Jun 2019 19:37:05 +0000

Very disappointing judgement by the City: a banal new block and needless destruction of history (though the cellars were the only really significant element of the White Hart that remained). Who designed the new building?

By: Bernie

Bernie — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:27:27 +0000

Many years ago I had cause to question the powers of a local council planning department and discovered that where architectural style is concerned, they are vanishingly weak. The examples seen here surely demnstrate that this remains the case. I believe that planning departments cannot, and never have been able to do much to stop what many right-thinking people consider to be stylistic and cultural vandalism. Please correct me if I am wrong.

By: Judi Jones

Judi Jones — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 18:27:17 +0000

Our country’s character is being flushed down the pan by imbeciles and idiots who have too much control…it’s scandalous and this is a prime example….

By: David

David — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 17:54:00 +0000

Bad architects are no better than bad hairdressers; they take no responsibility for the visual atrocities they foist upon the public.

By: Saba

Saba — Tue, 25 Jun 2019 15:55:03 +0000

Many in the world, including the United States where I live, now slide into moral self-destruction, even fascism. I sense a connection between facadism and fascism.