Thread: Architects get paid to put some of this insulting stuff on our landscapes.

which juts goes to show that beauty is in the eye of the beholder..... I guess

A couple of years ago the council decided to build a new library in the main street of Tamworth. On one side is an old (maybe 1930s) masonic Lodge, which is no masterpiece, on the other side is what used to be Parry Shire buildings that were "put up" in the early seventies. In itself the Parry Shire building is no master piece either but it has a substantial appearance in the main street. The library, however, is set back off the footpath to create that "boardwalk" feel for the population. It is 2 stories high with corrugated iron roof that has a eave of about 700mm with no eave soffit and no barge board or capping. For such a building in the main street of any town it looks unfinished and ill thought out. I haven't been inside as yet I am still getting over the eye sore that it is.
Architect designed? Probably. Bloody awful? YES I am sure a class of Tafe students doing Carpentry and Joinery could have designed a better looking thing for the main street.
Another interesting thing about the project is that they "had" to move because the building they were in was supposedly "condemned" as unsafe but a local builder has renovated it into lodgings for Accountants and Solicitors. It would be interesting to find out the truth behind the whole thing

This is the new entertainment centre in Perth. Fair enough, it's not finished yet but I fear the worst. Not to mention how the hell we're going to pay for it.

Originally Posted by FenceFurniture

I was wondering about Sun direction with all that glass (like, in the middle of the desert, you know).

Brett

Might be a good posie for a few PV solar panels, although with their reliance on oil they may be reluctant to offer subsidies.

Regards
Paul

Originally Posted by pugwash

This is the new entertainment centre in Perth. Fair enough, it's not finished yet but I fear the worst. Not to mention how the hell we're going to pay for it.

I'm tipping it's not going to look any better when finished.

Onya Pugwash,
The Perth entertainment centre, I wondered if someone was going to rear its fugly head. ....What? Pay for it ...? and the proposed new stadium, and the new water front development ..
Geoff.

I get the feeling they were trying for this

But missed it by about 10,000 miles.

Doctors bury their mistakes, architects can only ask their clients to plant creepers.

Originally Posted by A Duke

Doctors bury their mistakes, architects can only ask their clients to plant creepers.

the full version is

Doctors bury their mistakes
Architects retire to their vineyard
Engineers (builders) front a Royal Commission

Originally Posted by BobL

I get the feeling they were trying for this

But missed it by about 10,000 miles.

so where were you standing -- crawling -- when you took that photo?

It's the Disney Centre in LA?

I've seen kids do a better job with Lego in comparison to many of these.

Ah yes architects. They double the price, halve the space and have the cheek to charge a 20% commission for their stuffups.

Have you ever noticed that the least valuable people in society take every opportunity to tell us all how valuable they are ?

There's an example of pure waste right behind my backyard, a new ambulance station tucked into a corner of a council carpark in Bendigo. Lots of funky angles and design that you'll only ever see if your standing inside mine or my neighbors property, the vertical walls are double framed to achieve the angles, such an incredible waste of money (and timber). Worst part is, one ambo station is being replaced by 4 around the city, but no extra paramedics are being employed, you'd think 4 functional and practical rectangular sheds could have been erected and the savings gone to employment in the SERVICE they are there to provide.

Actually I think i just found the culprit
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