tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post8472504593565623113..comments2023-10-09T12:17:20.434+01:00Comments on Bad British Architecture: DERBY COLLEGE CAMPUS, DERBY, BY MABER ARCHITECTSGhost of Nairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17518123861852191532noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-17783237130327466662013-01-09T19:09:09.612+00:002013-01-09T19:09:09.612+00:00Derby is just awful. Almost all of it, but especia...Derby is just awful. Almost all of it, but especially the new stuff in a mile radius from the station. Boxy, tasteless mediocrity along dismal roads to nowhere. It depresses me every time I travel through the place :-( Bob Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585264737373618775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-15135559530365167892013-01-09T19:06:48.499+00:002013-01-09T19:06:48.499+00:00Derby is just awful; the whole new area around the...Derby is just awful; the whole new area around the station (A building site for 15 years after they trashed the original Victorian one), Pride Park, the 'Cock Pitt', the college etc, is one depressing cocktail of anywhere mediocity. It's guaranteed to depress the spirit each time you see it..... Bob Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585264737373618775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-70675818527042690932013-01-09T19:06:30.896+00:002013-01-09T19:06:30.896+00:00Derby is just awful; the whole new area around the...Derby is just awful; the whole new area around the station (A building site for 15 years after they trashed the original Victorian one), Pride Park, the 'Cock Pitt', the college etc, is one depressing cocktail of anywhere mediocity. It's guaranteed to depress the spirit each time you see it..... Bob Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07585264737373618775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-16006610330971907402011-03-26T20:54:56.447+00:002011-03-26T20:54:56.447+00:00You guys are idiots, have you seen the rest of of ...You guys are idiots, have you seen the rest of of the campus, it's award winning and extremely nice, NO they didn't design de Montfort, and it's what derby needs !! Look at the rest of the campus, Maber are very good architects :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10192601479296643803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-46876679791229897882010-04-14T19:15:15.468+01:002010-04-14T19:15:15.468+01:00Trouble is - architecture is no longer created by ...Trouble is - architecture is no longer created by architects. It is created by men in suits hidden behind disguises or lost in cyber space often known only by an email address.<br /><br />Not a crime in itself or a recie for junk. This happens when fearful architectural practice directors or managers havent got the balls to say NO!<br /><br />Archie Tect - 15.05.10Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826652455552812919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-46002484055481565052009-12-10T16:11:13.578+00:002009-12-10T16:11:13.578+00:00I take it these guys are the same who did De Montf...I take it these guys are the same who did De Montfort Uni in Leicester's student Union, it is a very similar, plain, ugly building. That's an un-popular eye sore so they must've just re-hashed the drawings. W@nkers.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14995497963303846600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-21802829231635004552009-09-25T17:52:31.441+01:002009-09-25T17:52:31.441+01:00Actually, I think the landscape and public spaces ...Actually, I think the landscape and public spaces are nicely designed.<br /><br />http://landscapeping.blogspot.com/2009/09/derby-college-roundhouse-campus.html<br /><br />But I suppose I would. Otherwise...Jonathan Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378915030678201708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-6580842600949827472009-09-24T19:05:40.264+01:002009-09-24T19:05:40.264+01:00Close scrutiny shows that nervous facilities manag...Close scrutiny shows that nervous facilities managers have already adorned every glass door with a bloody great big plastic sign - including the ones that the designers bothered to specify pre-etching with contrast markings! <br /><br />Nice bollards, though. Shame they are completely at variance with the rest of the street furniture.Lang Rabbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480523735113854989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-58763490671969985382009-09-23T13:49:13.194+01:002009-09-23T13:49:13.194+01:00This is what the result of 20 years of domination ...This is what the result of 20 years of domination by Norman Foster over prevailing architectural discourse in the UK looks like.Kosmogradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320899872288614980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-7335215089250080682009-09-23T10:12:48.571+01:002009-09-23T10:12:48.571+01:00They possibly serve a useful function though: litt...They possibly serve a useful function though: litter can collect at the base, instead of blowing around that great arid expanse.Nemesis https://www.blogger.com/profile/16935291114531954647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-65559527445413577772009-09-23T10:07:16.397+01:002009-09-23T10:07:16.397+01:00Let's face it, in comparison to a lot of stuff...Let's face it, in comparison to a lot of stuff, this is a mere pecadillo. Might be quite nice to stand under the canopy and feel in the presence of something big ? Even if it is a box of cornflakes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633888820881903545.post-2870906823279598292009-09-22T18:19:31.127+01:002009-09-22T18:19:31.127+01:00look at the state of the landscape - they may as w...look at the state of the landscape - they may as well have just done nothing.<br /><br />those "feature hedges" are something else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com