Local politicians are great. Sorry, I meant to say wonderfully dull. None of them, as far as I’m aware, are able to claim for their husband’s pornography habit as part of their expenses. And some of them sensibly blog about a variety of local issues including planning applications for interesting buildings. So, oodles of free [...]
Archive for the ‘Mighty masses’ Category
New Market?
Posted in Mighty masses, tagged old market hove, Planning on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
ionic surprise
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged Ionic on March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the more interesting aspects of neo-Classical architecture (in the very widest sense of that term) is how its decorative features have become almost ubiquitous. Gothic architecture doesn’t have this; the primary device of the gothic – the pointed arch – is at once too integral a feature, relying as it does on being [...]
Pointless unscientific poll
Posted in Mighty masses, tagged poll on November 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So the good folk at WordPress, who work tirelessly to enhance your and my blogging experience, have introduced a thrilling new bit of functionality. Seriously, blogging doesn’t get more interesting than this; it’s so scarily web 2.0 it’s almost incendiary. Unsurprisingly, I wanted to try it out, just because it’s there, so I got to [...]
Interimality
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged bandstand, Split Pediment on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So I’m currently working on a big wordy post with plenty of pontificating about one of the towering giants of English architecture. That post is going to take a while (please don’t get excited – it’s self-aggrandising bunkum) so in the meantime, I want to tide you over with some contributions from some readers.
From Comrade [...]
A very posh development for very posh people
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged Chelsea, London, MAKE architects, Modernism on November 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I frequently visit London and mainly travel there by train, arriving at the great sheds of Victoria station and emerging – fresh and buoyed by my blessed Brighton – into the drizzle and hustle of London, its streets notsomuch paved with gold as sodden in silver lamplight and reflections of grey Portland stone – but [...]
Musings and a building that won’t be here too long
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged redbrick, royal alexandra hospital, teracotta, Victorian on October 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So you’ve seen those annoying adverts on the telly recently, with Daniel “double-oh seven” Craig standing around trying extremely hard not to emote anything at all whilst the soundstage around him carefully explodes over thirty seconds in slow motion, battering him to and fro like an overgrown Autumn breeze and artfully scratching his rugged face [...]
Whistlestop Edinburgh Old Town Tour
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged castle, classical, corbel, corbelled turret, deco, ogee on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As you both know, when I’m not filling the electro-pages of this here blog, I have one of those thrillingly exciting day jobs working for MI5 to hunt down members of cryptofascist international terrorist organisations beginning with the letter T. Once every year, me and the other lads and lasses gather in a top-secret conference [...]
Kimbernouns, Corbels & not Modillions
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged corbel, Kimbernoun, modillion on September 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So Comrade Kimber has requested a shout-out which is, truth be told, long-overdue. So – in another semi-regular feature I would like to introduce for your delectation a brand new compound noun.
The Kimbernoun.
Kimbernoun: n. A recurring post on the fashionable and informative web-log Split Pediment (written by the celebrated writer and raconteur Mr Robert T [...]
Quarrantine
Posted in Click-and-shoot, Mighty masses, tagged abbey, bellot, quarr on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nope, I really have no idea what I’m on about either.
As you may well or well not know, I have just spent the soggiest weekend of my entire existence on the Isle of Wight. Which was nice. I did, however, manage to persuade my companions to take a minor detour to see some ruins of [...]
