Roy Chubby Brown Architecture has created this delight, a mosaic of prepatinated copper, brick, some shit-looking zinc, some glass that's too green even in this visualisation, and plans to force 60 unfortunate hotel guests into it as many nights of the week as possible. Forgive me for asking, but does Sunderland even have tourists?Oh, you'd like to see how that cod stained glass facade will look at night? Here it is:
Savour it, because it'll look nothing like this in reality. The real glazing system will have such clumsy plastic sections that it'll be more UPVC than glass, and the warm glow of light will be less Winchester Cathedral and more Mecca Bingo.The architect, one Paul Hacking (a colleague of Mr Brown), calls it 'striking but tasteful'. I call it a sub-pomo embarassment that would be funny if it weren't so cynical.
Luckily, Ben Hall, the Director of the Sunniside Partnership (the regeneration agency charged with regenerating this regeneration hotspot), thinks it will "serve to strengthen the bustling local economy." I have never seen a local economy bustle, and will be heading to Sunderland to observe it for myself on the next train.
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Wow... this is a great high street west hotel. I saw this hotel your blog this is fantastic. This hotel is gorgeous. Roy Chubby Brown architecture really good created this delight and i like glass that's too green. Your hotel photo and description made me excited. Yes i love this love this place. of course I will go in future this place. Thanks for the wonderful info.
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Dhruv Blanc
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It looks a fantastic hotel. Roy Chubby Brown Architecture are very professional and expert of their domain. I've reviewed many positive comments about them.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, great work.and thanks for sharing it with us.
This reminds me of the Radisson hotel in Glasgow.
ReplyDeleteNot too sure about the red bricks, but the colourful side is quite impressive, like a mozaic
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