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SomeRandomBint wrote:Not sure about Charlotte House, but the old bank building is being cleared at the moment I think.
Didn't know it had been condemned, so perhaps they are clearing it for demolition? I remember walking past and being quite disappointed as I'd seen some fairly talented artists spraying some interesting art work (officially) on the hoardings representing the Merchant City, and they've all gone now.
SomeRandomBint wrote:Ugh. I'd rather they left the concrete monster there rather than replace it with this... fishbowl?
Lucky Poet wrote:SomeRandomBint wrote:Ugh. I'd rather they left the concrete monster there rather than replace it with this... fishbowl?
Having looked through both links, aye I can see your point. It really is something that the proposals manage to make the current lump look good.
I'm not actually against the big black glass design in principle (ultra-modern sometimes looks great next to older buildings), but it really doesn't work.
The Egg Man wrote:Lucky Poet wrote:SomeRandomBint wrote:Ugh. I'd rather they left the concrete monster there rather than replace it with this... fishbowl?
Having looked through both links, aye I can see your point. It really is something that the proposals manage to make the current lump look good.
I'm not actually against the big black glass design in principle (ultra-modern sometimes looks great next to older buildings), but it really doesn't work.
The current building has lain empty for years. Nobody wants to use it.
Do we really think leaving it like that is preferable to getting the site back into use, employing people in the construction phase and once it's completed?
The Egg Man wrote:If anyone is happy to pay for the design and construction of a building that's in keeping with it's surroundings I'm sure there'll be no shortage of builders rushing to do the work.
In the meantime ......................
Josef wrote:The Egg Man wrote:If anyone is happy to pay for the design and construction of a building that's in keeping with it's surroundings I'm sure there'll be no shortage of builders rushing to do the work.
In the meantime ......................
You are saying "It's Glasgow, any old shite will do" there, yes?
SomeRandomBint wrote:Why does it have to be a working building? The current building isn't exactly falling apart. In fact, from what I can glean, the only issue with the current building is that it's too Brutalist. I quite like brutalism, personally, so I'll be sad to see it go. And that's not my only issue.
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SomeRandomBint wrote: glass is unique in that it will never weather to blend in with its surroundings. This building will always look the way it's designed to look. Its impact will never lessen other than from familiarity.
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