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Baines' left foot said:
Christ, Alio. That's horrendous!

I usually prefer commercial buildings aesthetically as the designers usually have a bit more freedom (because no one has to live in it!), but I had a bit of a hand in building this monstrosity a couple of years ago:

Biggest house built in Cheshire for 100 years apparently, worth at least £7m or so. Some of the stone work like the bays, chimney stacks and the dutch gables are fantastic, god knows how much the build cost.

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It looks like cracking workmanship and a high quality build but, from a design point of view, I can't understand why anyone would want to build themselves a museum piece.

If I had that money I would be building myself something from this day and age not the 16th century.
 
Baines' left foot said:
I do love a good bridge I must admit.

This guy I was working with a few weeks ago, his dad is the MD (I think) of Keir construction's civil engineering sector, one of the biggest contractors in the country, and have just landed the Runcorn bridge (just outside Liverpool) contract for a cool £600m!

I must admit I've only really begun to appreciate an engineer's role. Shear force, bending moments, deflection etc.... lots and lots of maths that my brain doesn't like!
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Our project is only $200M so not quite Runcorn Bridge value http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/traf...d-intersection-projects/Robinson-Rd/index.htm
 
Coach said:
It looks like cracking workmanship and a high quality build but, from a design point of view, I can't understand why anyone would want to build themselves a museum piece.

If I had that money I would be building myself something from this day and age not the 16th century.
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I agree mate. Personally I'd have built something more modern with lots of glass and a mixture of rendering/brickwork and cladding.

The guy who built this was about 80 though, he sold off his chemical manufacturing company or something and built his dream house!
 

Is it my imagination, or has there been a huge boom in the UK for tower blocks? When I left the country in 95, the only high rises were the ugly ones in the housing estates, but there seems to be a huge amount of office towers going up in city centres the past few years. What has caused this change?
 
Is it just my imagination or has there been an unusually high number of skyscrapers being built int he UK in recent years. When I left the country in 95, the only high rise buildings were the ugly housing estate ones built in the 60s, but city centres seem to be getting a lot more towers now. Is there a reason for this trend?
 
WA Toffee said:
Is it just my imagination or has there been an unusually high number of skyscrapers being built int he UK in recent years. When I left the country in 95, the only high rise buildings were the ugly housing estate ones built in the 60s, but city centres seem to be getting a lot more towers now. Is there a reason for this trend?
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I can only really speak for Liverpool but there's definitely been a lot of apartment/office blocks built recently, particularly around the docks. There also seems to be a lot of new student accommodation being built too.
 

WA Toffee said:
Is it just my imagination or has there been an unusually high number of skyscrapers being built int he UK in recent years. When I left the country in 95, the only high rise buildings were the ugly housing estate ones built in the 60s, but city centres seem to be getting a lot more towers now. Is there a reason for this trend?
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4 new towers in London are going up which are higher than the Canary Wharf tower.

Ever heard of the Skyscraper Index? We are all doomed I tell ye!
 
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