Ruins of postmodernism
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Murphy
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First thoughts were mostly London centric, eg China Wharf
Aztec West in the south west
Nottingham Contemporary, no one would miss it though
Aztec West in the south west
Nottingham Contemporary, no one would miss it though
mixed_biscuits
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Postmodern architecture is basically architecture with random cultural appropriation, so that's why it's fallen out of favour.
mixed_biscuits
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All this borrowing was purportedly to symbolise the collapse of "grand narratives" by which western civilisation had buttressed its own authority. This problematising of supposed over-confidence was instead a sign of increasing inconfidence, rather like a golfer disassembling his swing pretends he's only improving things rather than trying to make sense of the yips that have destroyed it. Structuralism leading to post-structuralism and the compulsively subversive practice of deconstruction was a similar decline from a practised easy swing of a civilisation in full flow to a nervous picking away at the seams trying to work out why everything is falling apart. Modern art's move to abstraction also traced a decline like a malfunctioning graphics card which no longer has the resource to put textures on its polygons.
IdleRich
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IdleRich
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Also the Said Business School outside the train station, but that ain't getting knocked down any time soon cos it feels like they only just built it.
luka
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This is a good one. Im more interested in the overlooked ones that are just awsiting demolition basically. Not the canonical ones. The sort of shit ones
shakahislop
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there's a thing in Oxford where a lot of the university buildings look like children's toys, especially the old ones. this is a new one but it still looks playmobil inspired
jenks
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I feel like this has only been up for a few years
This looks so much like a Minecraft spire I can't get my head around it
Benny Bunter
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Are there any examples of this that aren't completely hideous?
jenks
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I agree. At least it was trying. Unlike the rest of the shit that’s gone up around it. Cheese Grater, Walkie Talkie, Plantation Place, 1 Poultry (thanks Rich for reminding us just how ugly that fucker is)
shakahislop
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yeah i don't know either