tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post5401168682476405890..comments2024-03-23T09:43:12.374+00:00Comments on Over the water: Toy townThudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-43306251357389102482011-03-10T10:01:40.099+00:002011-03-10T10:01:40.099+00:00Part of the problem is that development these days...Part of the problem is that development these days tends to be done by developers and not by builders. It is inevitable that once Barrat et al. have a design that "works" it will be replicated by the thousand.<br /><br />Having said that, the Victorian London town house design is a classic that can be repeated by the million without looking horrible. What's wrong with revisiting some of the older stuff? Does every new house have to look new?Old BEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06974090439936326476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-38643720731282769142011-03-10T00:37:59.981+00:002011-03-10T00:37:59.981+00:00Good lord, one hopes to hell that in the 21st Cent...Good lord, one hopes to hell that in the 21st Century they had finally moved beyond the Euro-Stalinist concrete-block planned-community architecture theme. Jeeze. Stupid collectivists.NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-18930058599770558212011-03-09T20:52:55.620+00:002011-03-09T20:52:55.620+00:00Haddock.... you raise an important point in the fa...Haddock.... you raise an important point in the fact that decent quality materials are often only a small percentage increase in overall cost.Thudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320037763190473684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-56467471517828404132011-03-09T20:42:09.074+00:002011-03-09T20:42:09.074+00:00here in the south-west the huge cost of building l...here in the south-west the huge cost of building land and very high house prices has meant that the amount of money spent on local natural stone, thatch etc is a relatively piddling amount. Some buildings already look as if they are part of the historic landscape of villages now that moss and algae have started their 'softening' work.<br />Note. The above does not apply to Prince JugEars twee-town development at Poundbury. Trying to pass off 'vernacular' four story buildings in a rural landscape will never work... no matter if it is in local materials.haddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01890864334999930139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4086277371785914704.post-29597023977621373812011-03-09T15:58:45.180+00:002011-03-09T15:58:45.180+00:00The blight that is cheap redbrick boxes needs to b...The blight that is cheap redbrick boxes needs to be halted and people should be given a chance to feel that they belong somewhere and that somewhere belongs to them. <br /><br />Charlie would be with you on that.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.com