tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post7894947441745981775..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Artillery Row, LondonPhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-7504462880176212672017-06-26T12:01:47.503+01:002017-06-26T12:01:47.503+01:00To my shame, I have often walked along Artillery P...To my shame, I have often walked along Artillery Passage and only given this a quick glance. Artillery Passage took it's name from the time when Henry VIII allowed the then open fields to be used for firearms practice. <br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s fulsome Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-74979189933539637482017-06-24T22:33:21.060+01:002017-06-24T22:33:21.060+01:00Comparing this with Balham tube station, it demons...Comparing this with Balham tube station, it demonstrates what an architect can do with big empty spaces. Also the window panes in little squares, the use of stone and brick, and the arches with little flourishes not only give something to LOOK at but, together with the mythological figures, conjure up architectural and cultural history. If stuck outside this building waiting for something or someone, I could be entertained here, but Balham underground can be exhausted in less than a minute. Since more people are likely to see the OUTSIDE of a building rather than use its function, however functional, inside it, isn't there a case for making the outside as BEAUTIFUL and ENTERTAINING as you can? Just been looking at the lego-block glass-box take-it-or-leave it scheme for the main corner in my town, Pontypridd, after 10 years of a bankrupt empty site, and wondering if anybody will ever try and build anything really BEAUTIFUL ever again... Or perhaps the Powers that Be think my environment just isn't worth it? Local buildings in a mining town that mushroomed like the Yukon show that anything thrown up by an ordinary High Street architect 100 years ago is ALWAYS more attractive and interesting than anything being built now. Terracotta adornments or a concrete substitute could be mass-produced if necessary. Pre-moulded ornament is just as easy to fit in a space as blank wall, and could even be cheaper. Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-61573779880371140132017-06-24T11:23:08.275+01:002017-06-24T11:23:08.275+01:00Your very long ornate terracotta friezes are stunn...Your very long ornate terracotta friezes are stunning, much like those long ribbons of low relief sculpture that later typified Deco facades. Is it possible that Deco decoration was based, at least to some extent, on late Victorian terracotta friezes?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com