waxkinglyrical
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John Grindrod’s book Concretopia is well worth a read.
Respected architecture expert Kevin McCloud says ‘it’s not even English’.Colditz for Golfers.
"The main block was split into three sections, A, B and C (jokingly nicknamed by residents after notorious internment facilities of "Alcatraz", "Barlinnie" and "Colditz.")".
I can’t remember which company it was, but there was (probably still is) a fine example of brutalist building just off the M4, near Reading. Anybody know this one? It’s bugging me now.
Manchester Hulme Crescents:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulme_Crescents
http://www.mancky.co.uk/?p=1978
Some of it looks good in b&w photos but concrete is a terrible construction material, both for the environment and in terms energy efficience, water-resistance and durability.
No, it was a company name. Not one I recognised at the time, or can remember now, but perhaps engineering of some sort. The plan had, as I recall, some sort of hexagonal interlocking terraces and modules. It was quite a large building, so an evidently quite substantial company.University of Reading?
No, it was a company name. Not one I recognised at the time, or can remember now, but perhaps engineering of some sort. The plan had, as I recall, some sort of hexagonal interlocking terraces and modules. It was quite a large building, so an evidently quite substantial company.
I like it as a material there's a programme here on iplayer Scotland's home of the year and there was a home on that that had been built out of an old concrete water tank looked amazing it has a vaulted ceiling and thick concrete walls with grass on the roof.
https://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/tv/bbc-scotlands-home-year-fans-24108432
I like it as a material