less talk more licking

What are some of your favourite buildings, Frown?

I am a big fan of this one:

https://www.insider-london.co.uk/wp-...cc9a63ff_z.jpg

http://www.investmentlocations.eu/wp...5/02/img24.jpg

http://www.dashofsparkle.com/wp-cont...2017/02/03.jpg

A building that you look at and is recognisable instantly. "That's the gherkin, in London."

kinda looks like a cock, reckon Batty would enjoy it.

I wouldn't want to shake the architect's hand.

They should have nicknamed it The Bellend, imo.

They also have The Cheese Grater and the Walkie Talkie.

At last! The thread I've always wanted: Victorian Law Courts Wars.

Round One: Birmingham vs. London:

vs. London:-

http://c8.alamy.com/comp/B7AXHN/lond...eet-B7AXHN.jpg

^ I'd say that the top floor, with it's dramatic overhang is an exciting piece of architecture, qwertyy. Not so good is the middle floor, which is neither straight nor dramatic; it looks like a slice of ham that hasn't been put in the sandwich properly and just makes me annoyed that nobody could be bothered to push it straight.

the top floor might be the best part of the design. i spent a lot of time there during my last semester and usually after long hours of studying and homework we would go out on the roof and watch passing traffic just to clear our minds and relax.

unfortunately awhile back there was a jumper scenario and because the individual was ready to jump from the top floor, they deemed it unsafe. so until they come up with a safer way to prevent that from happening again the rooftop is closed.

^ That sounds like a nice thing to do. What a pity that it's been closed.

Two of my fave brick churches. This one in London:-

https://www.e-architect.co.uk/images...nw220809_1.jpg

The next is Watts Cemetery chapel, tucked away in a little-visited corner of the countryside about three hours from London; I still remember the feeling of surprise I felt when I first came across it by chance while cycling down a country lane.

The floor plan is just a cross superimposed on a circle and in the middle of this photo you can see one quarter of the curved wall, so you can imagine how, out of sight, it repeats itself at the back, in perfect symmetry. And notice how, at about first-floor level, there is a band of decoration on the curved wall? There are similar decorative panels running vertically down the stubby ends of the cross walls.
..........................................https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...terychapel.jpg

Well, each one of those decorative terracotta panels is a work of art in itself: here's a photo of one, close up. What I particularly like is that the decorator has given up any pretense of depicting conventional Christian symbols. It's like he's saying, "Forget the religion, this is art!"

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/80/46/b9/8...celtic-art.jpg