So we have another new building in Brighton to marvel at. Well, actually and technically we don’t. I’m lying slightly in the vain hope that somehow that will make you more curious and hence more likely to continue reading. And now I’m self-referentially commenting on the fact. Oh how desperately Modern I am. Anyway, back [...]
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Black Lions Treat
Posted in A matter of proportions, Click-and-shoot, tagged Alan Phillips, Black Lion Street, brighton, CZWG architects, Karis, Nineteenth Century, oriel window, Pevsner, Piers Gough, post-modernism on January 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Regency Curves & Rectangles
Posted in A matter of proportions, Click-and-shoot, tagged Adelaide Crescent, brunswick Square, Decimus Burton, ogee, Regency on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nothing too massively surprising here today. Two of the most familiar sights of the Hove seafront are Adelaide Crescent and Brunswick Square, which – if you include Brunswick Terrace – sit right next to each other vying for attention. In the eponymous cream corner we have Brunswick Square, with a fanciful mixture of detail – [...]
Cunning plans that went awry
Posted in A matter of proportions, tagged royal alexandra hospital, Brighton Marina, CABE, Planning on December 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, there have been a couple of planning applications recently rejected by Brighton & Hove City Council, one for the Marina and one for the old Royal Alexandra Hospital site in the Clifton Hill area.
You’ll remember the royal Alex from my earlier post here. It looks like my warning about its imminent demise were somewhat [...]
