Comments on: Origins Of Facadism https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/27/origins-of-facadism/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:33:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Adéle Daws https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/27/origins-of-facadism/#comment-1330238 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:33:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177014#comment-1330238 Congratulations of publishing your book!

I bought a copy and it’s brilliant yet heart wrenching to see all these beautiful buildings being ripped apart. There are some excellent examples I’ll be using as case studies for my dissertation. Can’t wait to go visit these sites.

]]> By: Peter Holford https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/27/origins-of-facadism/#comment-1316489 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:53:46 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177014#comment-1316489 I was in Moscow last year for the World Cup and the practice of digital printing of facades onto canvas to conceal substandard buildings was very much in evidence. I’m not sure how many visitors failed to notice such a crass deception.

]]> By: Linda Granfield https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/27/origins-of-facadism/#comment-1316364 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 18:11:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177014#comment-1316364 I see the Royal Ontario Museum made your photo features this time.

The ‘growth’ attached to the lovely old building is called ‘The Crystal.’
By some.
The rest of us in Toronto call it ‘The Carbuncle.”

So poorly has the addition been received (it was built as the new front entrance) the Museum has re-opened the original museum entrance, on the old and lovely original portion of the ROM.

We take all the small victories we can get!

]]> By: C Woodward https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/27/origins-of-facadism/#comment-1316078 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 18:18:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177014#comment-1316078 I admire your tireless blogs to which I’m a subscriber.

A very small correction:
I think “Sir” is better, but:
Norman Foster is a Baron, so “Lord or Baron Foster (of Thames Bank)”
His practice is called “Foster + Partners”

Hope this helps

Regards

Christopher Woodward

]]> By: Jill Wilson https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/09/27/origins-of-facadism/#comment-1316020 Fri, 27 Sep 2019 06:34:58 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=177014#comment-1316020 Fascinating stuff! I hadn’t heard the Potemkin story before.

Good luck with the rest of the fundraising…

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