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39K views 92 replies 32 participants last post by  geogregor 
I mean since the entire premise of the organisation is to promote development which plays to London's historic architectural character, their schemes are bound to look similar. Much more preferable, in my opinion, to schemes which could be anywhere, and which are making London increasingly generic and less and less attractive.
Well I agree but I wish there was other options than generic and characterless modern or historicism. I too would prefer the mock georgian to what is being built, even though the current proposal is fine too, but those styles had their time and we should make new styles that we can call our own but are better than the past. Some inspiration..
new build in Russia
"Bakst House"​
(after the artist Leon Bakst)
Bolshoy Kozikhinskiy, 13-15, Moscow, Russia
Architect Pavel Andreev
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All pics taken from here.
No reason why modern can't be beautiful.
 
I may be wrong but I think the essence of create streets proposals is more about the, well, streets - the massing and arrangement and masterplanning, more than whether the facades or neo-georgian or whatever else.



first and last pictures put me uncomfortably in mind of st george's wharf aka the ugliest buildings in london :lol: although the details obviously reveal this comparison to be fatuous, i still dont really like it myself.

although i appreciate that is entirely beside your point, which i agree with, despite not agreeing with your particular example.

i suspect (looping back around) that may be why create streets end up with vaguely georgian looking styles, easier for everybody to say "eh, that's acceptable" for that than find an original style which everybody agrees is both modern and beautiful.
Very true, I doubt there was any style that didn't receive at least some level of scepticism or outright criticism when it was emerging
 
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