ON A FAR MORE IMPORTANT NOTE...

[tencrush]

Trinity Centre Multi Storey Car Park, Gateshead, aka The Get Carter Car Park by Owen Luder, due for demolition some time in the coming weeks

One day, when THE NEW BRUTALIST REVOLUTION comes, one day, YOU, you detractors and naysayers, your backs will be against the wall. When that revolution comes. Give it a year or two, given the current economic climate, but it will come.



Tricorn Centre, Portsmouth, by Owen Luder, demolished 2004

Town and city councils of Great Britain, admit it, you never really looked after the concrete properly, the way concrete is meant to be looked after, because you never really liked the buildings in the first place. Philistines, the lot of you. When Owen Luder eventually dies, he will come back and haunt you all. And so he should.



Derwent Tower, Gateshead, by Owen Luder, threatened with demolition

This post was sponsored by a brief flare up of architectural rage. Go on, then, tear it ALL down, you've started, you may as well finish.

Comments

[tencrush]

I can fully understand the car park being torn down, it's a crumbling and huge THING in the middle of the landscape, and I can get into your argument that it wasn't the best place to build it in the first place, which is true. The demolition of the tower I really can't get into, it's a high rise tower, the design is interesting and playful and it could easily be redeveloped. My other half lived next to the Tricorn for years, which was derided by a very vocal part of the population of Portsmouth almost from the moment it was built and was torn down without a second thought to make way for absolutely nothing whatsoever. Not all of these buildings were built at the right place and time, I admit, but looking back, I think they will be missed.

[forgiveninasong.livejournal.com]

The carpark is built like...on the top of the highest point in Gateshead, and as you walk down any of the streets in Newcastle that head down towards the river, all you can see is the massive grey mess in Gateshead. Mind you, when you're in Gateshead, all you can see over in Newcaslte is the massive grey mess that is St James' Park aka the home of Newcastle United (fuckin'....booooo!). The car park isn't even safe to be used anymore, so I totally understand why it's being pulled down, and needed to be pulled down ages ago. I am almost positive that when the Derwent Tower gets pulled down, the land isn't just going to go to waste. New housing will be build.

Sometimes we just have to face up to the fact that things need to change. Although me and many other people are still pissed off that all the gorgeous buildings in Newcastle got pulled down in the 60s and 70s to be replaced with ugly concrete buildings.