Tag: Prince Charles
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The Carbuncle Cup
In all of the current hoohaa surrounding Prince Charles’s latest intervention in the UK architectural scene, we can at least acknowledge his contribution to the field with his (in)famous descriptor “monstrous carbuncle”, with which he originally described the proposed Sainsbury Wing extension to London’s National Gallery (Prince Charles’s opposition led to the dropping of the…
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Now that’s deconstructivism…
…or has Prince Charles (also, see our other story here), finally developed psychokinetic powers of destruction for contemporary architecture…? Mwahahaha… Click here for the ‘real’ story…
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Video of the Week XII: Poundbury: Building Communities
Here is a companion piece to the Prince Charles post of a couple of weeks ago (I hope it is clear by now that my Zaha comments were made with tongue embedded firmly in cheek…). Here, for your viewing pleasure (or displeasure perhaps?), is a very short clip propounding the virtues of Poundbury: What do…
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Architectural reasons for dumping the Monarchy…?
# RANTINGUnfortunately the Guardian article that brings this rather strange contemporary building to our attention is dated 31st of March – so I have to assume that it isn’t some April Fool’s Day prank. This is, according to the article, the Prince of Wales’ first attempt at architectural design – a fire station in that weird…
