communists didn't really go much on prettyness

all function over form. Every major town/city i have been to has, as standard, a huge monolithic concrete tower block with wincey tiny windows in where i imagine state officials/secret police hung out. the inferrence obviously being "power" and that "we can see what you lot are up to but you can't see us". Very powerful use of architecture indeed. lovely old oppression.

Posted By: Tomblander on March 5th 2008 at 12:23:29

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FAO Panda (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 5, 11:53:33
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  - Did you go to the dwarf sex show? (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 5, 12:03:58
    - No, wish we had though... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:08:34
    - never been to liverpool (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:05:02
      - Some. Spans many ages. More heritage sites than anywhere outside that London, (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 5, 12:08:24
      - Manchester has better architecture than liverpool - FACT (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 5, 12:05:25
        
        That is so wrong. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 5, 12:07:22
        
        eastern yurp has some mental architecture check out this mofo (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:06:57
        
        and i live the other side of this understated little building (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:11:23
        
        What's dat den? An uber-modern church or sumfink? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:15:22
        
        well, after the big fire they turned it into a shopping centre (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:18:20
        
        Yeah, it's not the prettiest of buildings it has to be said (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:19:51
        
        communists didn't really go much on prettyness (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:23:29
        
        Yes, indeed. But still really, really ugly... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:25:54
        
        you are more than welcome, i can give guided tours (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:28:31
        
        It's like 4 types of badly designed architecture bolted together... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:33:40
        
        the entire country is awash with such monstrosities (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:37:16
        
        Now *that* is ugly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 5, 12:30:21
        
        and here is the home of Pristina FC (General Chat) - Tomblander, Mar 5, 12:31:59
  - quatre gats (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 5, 12:03:48
    - i was warned about them (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:19:11
    - Should have come to Watford last night you part time bender (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 5, 12:06:12
      - can't get the time off. I'm writing this beast (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 5, 12:07:33
        
        I once splashed some wee on Ray Boulger's shiney shoes. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Mar 5, 12:10:51
        
        Easy (n/m) (General Chat) - Brom, Mar 5, 12:10:14
        
        chinny reckon (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 5, 12:10:37
  - you didn't like gaudi? (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:02:03
    - I like the fact that he was allowed to do what he did... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:06:54
      - don't think i went there (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:07:34
    - didn't have you down as an architecture buff, SCC. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 5, 12:05:01
      - really liked barca (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:07:03
        
        La Pedrera. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 5, 12:07:51
        
        Yeah, they were OK, but that's all. Maybe it was all a bit hyperreality-tastic, ya? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 5, 12:10:40
        
        yup this place (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:10:08
        
        Oh right. Never went on the roof of that (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 5, 12:12:12
        
        so not the one you said (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:10:39
    - Trollage (n/m) (General Chat) - Stoopish, Mar 5, 12:04:17
      - lol hardly (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Mar 5, 12:07:44

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