Apparently...... "A new, architecturally striking building currently under construction by United House, comprising 69 apartments" I did read that it will 'fade with the natural ageing process' according to the breathless pr lady in the local rag..... I was rather hoping it would rather fade into the ground, on an architectural level.......... Yes there is an issue with affordable housing, but schemes like this are not the answer. I was at the planning commitee where this scheme was originally proposed, having been originally rejected as looking like a collection of 'pastel shoe box's'. This looks like a poor man's desperate attempt to be influenced by Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, the difference being that building reflects the surroundings of water, like a sculptured boat, to display art . This is to house people. Mind you the development in Bexley village where I live is not without design issues...... But what do you expect with a council leader who a few years ago though the best thing that Danson House could do was 'fall down'.
although agree it is better to have affordable housing than the red brick office block that was there beforehand, we went past it at the weekend and the gold looks awful. Apart from those key workers etc who will benefit from the scheme, I dont know who would pay too much to live more or less on the train tracks, opposite the tower block (marlowe house) where everyone sits their driving theory test.
although agree it is better to have affordable housing than the red brick office block that was there beforehand, we went past it at the weekend and the gold looks awful. Apart from those key workers etc who will benefit from the scheme, I dont know who would pay too much to live more or less on the train tracks, opposite the tower block (marlowe house) where everyone sits their driving theory test.
Theory test is on Sidcup Hill ain't it? Marlowe House has floors for the police who process all speed camera fines etc.
Perhaps the planning meeting consideration was what can we do to make Marlow House less of an eyesore.
I think the only consideration at the planning meeting was the contents of brown envelopes. I used to live next door to that site and the planning application was rejected on many occasions. It went to appeal and was granted, in spite of the continued objections of the councillors, local residents, local businesses etc. Thank fcuk I managed to move away from there the week they began pulling down the old office block to put that monstrosity up.
looks as if its the entrance to a very gauche 70s nightclub but it just may become some kind of herald of a new urban architectural dawn ...if it is i think its unfair to test it out in Sidcup ...lets see what it looks like in 5 years ...it certainly going to be a landmark !
Was at Sidcup station last week, first time in donkeys. WTF !!! The only consolation I suppose is that the "gold" effect will not last long in our climate. It already looks dirty from all the construction grime and will soon blend in with the rest of toilet Sidcup.
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I can see it from my window
I did read that it will 'fade with the natural ageing process' according to the breathless pr lady in the local rag.....
I was rather hoping it would rather fade into the ground, on an architectural level..........
Yes there is an issue with affordable housing, but schemes like this are not the answer.
I was at the planning commitee where this scheme was originally proposed, having been originally rejected as looking like a collection of 'pastel shoe box's'.
This looks like a poor man's desperate attempt to be influenced by Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum in Bilbao, the difference being that building reflects the surroundings of water, like a sculptured boat, to display art . This is to house people. Mind you the development in Bexley village where I live is not without design issues...... But what do you expect with a council leader who a few years ago though the best thing that Danson House could do was 'fall down'.
It's an ugly joke. Wouldn't be so bad as a standalone building, but the fact it is attached to a traditional brick one makes it even more laughable.
Heard of the big red building on Folders Green Road ?
Welcome to the shit gold building on Sidcup's main road.....
thought it was Petticoat Lane.
Horrible!
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/incoming/article7579682.ece/ALTERNATES/w460/Las+Vegas+Style+apartment