tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post2891781444516291546..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Great Missenden, BuckinghamshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-42136868654198775922016-01-10T21:07:33.656+00:002016-01-10T21:07:33.656+00:00David Watkins's 'Morality and Architecture...David Watkins's 'Morality and Architecture' (University of Chicago Press 1975) makes gentle fun of Ruskin, Pevsner & Co. regarding "truth" and "morality" - given what ugly blots some so-called "truthful" architecture turns out to be, I tend to fairy tales and romance myself. I would even gothicise utilitarian fences if given the chance - and see absolutely no reason why you shouldn't imitate an older style if you like it. Since architecture is designed for human beings, and human beings have an aesthetic and romantic side, why shouldn't these things be indulged? The true morality for architecture, surely, is producing buildings for human beings to feel good in, respecting their dignity, and helping them to be happy in their home or place of work? Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-80131519568162091352016-01-09T20:48:30.509+00:002016-01-09T20:48:30.509+00:00Yes the rear gable timberwork does look older. Yes the rear gable timberwork does look older. Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11109682830257372032016-01-08T15:40:31.983+00:002016-01-08T15:40:31.983+00:00The timber work on the Gable end to the rear of th...The timber work on the Gable end to the rear of the house certainly looks older and less regular than that on the front of the house.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-26656129328991260512016-01-08T00:07:38.809+00:002016-01-08T00:07:38.809+00:00I have been thinking about this very topic in rela...I have been thinking about this very topic in relation to historically interesting pubs in Britain that have served the local population for a century or (much) more and then became redundant since 1995. If the pub buildings were destroyed, then we have no debate. But if they were then modernised, expanded or used for totally different purposes (eg a fast food teenage site), are those ex-pubs still historically interesting and worth preserving?<br /><br />thanks for the link<br />Hels<br />http://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.au/2016/01/ye-olde-fighting-cocks-pub-did-it.htmlHelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-12477955830641514102016-01-07T22:02:30.903+00:002016-01-07T22:02:30.903+00:00I don't mind buildings being faked up except i...I don't mind buildings being faked up except insofar as the process of faking can often obliterate older, more interesting but less photogenic stuff. In its currrent magazine (I think) the SPAB has one building in its casework section which is unexpectedly full of interesting features, but not in the least photogenicJenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.com