I was listening to a BBC program in the car today talking about foreign architects' projects in Beijing. A French architect was saying that the briefs from the Chinese were forward looking and inspiring. He attributed this to the fact that, at the operative level, the leadership he was talking to were around 35 years old. In the US, he said, the leadership is nearing its Seventies, in Europe its Sixties i.e. people who look back not forward. You can't be me, I'm taken
There was also an interesting interview with the only Chinese architect commissioned for Beijing. He said 'I'm glad no other Chinese architects were commissioned, because their work is not good.'
So - tact and diplomacy.
Beijing is going to disappear under smog, which is going to make it a firm favourite with the athletes.
I have no idea what London is going to turn into. It's supposed to be one of those urban regeneration projects, but apart from nice new stations, there doesn't seem to be a lot of that happening.
Maybe we could find some Chinese architects to make it more interesting?
I have no idea what London is going to turn into.
Have you seen what happened to the Athens arenas after the event ? Mostly closed and rotting, except for a couple that became supermarkets.
Urban regeneration ??? The only way our clowns know to do that is to bulldoze those living there out of the way and then sell off the land to build affordable executive housing keep to the Fen Causeway
The only way our clowns know to do that is to bulldoze those living there out of the way and then sell off the land to build affordable executive housing
Well, that's in keeping with the spirit of the Olympics, looking at recent history here in the states, as well as in Beijing. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
ugliest thing i ever saw... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~
