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    The Mental Disorders that gave us Modern Architecture

    I remember years ago posting on a board regarding Space 1999 and someone started on about a deep space probeship being a 'phallus thrusting into space enforcing the patriarchal attitude', and I don't think they were being sarcastic, so as I say it's not always obvious. At one time this might...
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    The Mental Disorders that gave us Modern Architecture

    The looney way the world is going at the moment, it's not always obvious if this sort of statement is a joke nowadays.
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    The Mental Disorders that gave us Modern Architecture

    Alternatively all those windows provide a good means for depressed employees to top themselves. :)
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    The Mental Disorders that gave us Modern Architecture

    Seeing some of the characterless soulless 'luxury apartments' that are being constructed now, not to mention 'executive villas' (AKA Lego houses with a fancy name), this sort of building to me is ideal. Florin Court in London, the fictional home of Hercule Poirot. Another example is the...
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    The Mental Disorders that gave us Modern Architecture

    In the case of the Scottish Parliament it didn't help that the architect died part way through, of a brain tumour. His wife was given the go ahead to proceed. Granted she was also an architect, but the whole project reeked of controversy and was vastly over time and over budget. It had been...
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    The Mental Disorders that gave us Modern Architecture

    For me one of the worst buildings is the abomination that is the Scottish Parliament building...
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