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[Korey]

So......what's up with the UK?

 

[Nemo]

That's it? Ehhhhh

 

[CHEEZMO™]

So......what's up with the UK?

London.

 

[J Tourettes]

I like it. See it everyday on my way to work.

 

[Vilam]

Looks awesome, I love unconventional architecture that stands out amongst their drab surroundings.

 

[Escape Goat]

Holy crap that is an eyesore.

 

[Meadows]

fucking London

 

[zomgbbqftw]

fucking London

Don't blame London. We didn't even want the Olympics. Most of us were rooting for Paris!

 

[AlexMeloche]

I like it. Not sure about the color, but I like it. Reminds me of a bizarro-CN Tower.

 

[Xzior]

Certainly looks like something to be proud of.

If I was the person in charge of getting that financed and built I would be really proud too. It must take a lot of skill and talent to get something that ugly greenlit.

 

[Mama Robotnik]

It certainly looks revolting in photographs.

I mean, when he asked for twenty-two million pounds in a recession, and showed his concept sketches, didn't anyone think that maybe they could do something more palatable?

 

[JonnyBrad]

Massive thread title fail.

 

[BGBW]

And yet no mention of the world's tallest man appearing in that last photo. He's taller than the building!

It's like someone put their hand into a box of assorted lego pieces and built a tower out of whatever pieces they got in the order they got them.

But love it or hate it

I think they're going to have a tough time finding anyone (excluding blokeo who designed it) in that first camp. Marmite this is not.

 

[HiroProtagonist]

It looks like a jumble of colon, and the cone a gaping anus. I like his big metallic blobs more.

 

[justjohn]

Look at that smug fucking cunt

 

[Treefingers]

Look at that smug fucking cunt

Dude he's just really proud of it

 

[Prez]

Look at that smug fucking cunt

Someone should photoshop him as the teletubbies sun looking down on his creation.

 

[Angry Grimace]

WTF is the purpose of that stupid shit?

 

[donkey show]

Damn, London already has fucked up mascots for the Olympics. xD

 

[Phobophile]

Waste of steel.

Not like ArcelorMittal will run out of it.

 

[True Underdog]

 

[ghst]

WTF is the purpose of that stupid shit?

we're hoping that the great arch-raven of the northlands will make its nest in it and remedy our impoverished land with its bounty of giant diamond encrusted eggs.

osborne's already factored it into the budget.

 

[Hazanko]

Why the hell would anyone even approve to build this crap? WTF

 

[NinjaFridge]

I just realized this says 2012.

 

[Prez]

 

[The Technomancer]

I don't mind the design, but jesus, is that CG mockup demonstrative of the actual location? Its like they didn't put any thought into placement or design of the environment around it.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

I don't mind the design, but jesus, is that CG mockup demonstrative of the actual location? Its like they didn't put any thought into placement or design of the environment around it.

I doubt it.

Unless someone built a Tienamen Square replica in London and didnt tell me.

 

[Tesseract]

looks like red poopy caca. like a piece of red licorice had lustful sex with a trumpet, and this was the result.

 

[Fusion Pizza]

The fuck? How the hell did anyone think this would be a good idea? I seriously thought it was some kind of insane roller coaster at first, but it's just insane looking?

WTF Brits

 

[CHEEZMO™]

The fuck? How the hell did anyone think this would be a good idea? I seriously thought it was some kind of insane roller coaster at first, but it's just insane looking?

WTF Brits

Don't blame us please.

 

[Prez]

looks like red poopy caca. like a piece of red licorice had lustful sex with a trumpet, and this was the result.

 

[w0o]

How long before this thing is covered in bird shit? Thousands of pigeons are going to love this.

 

[ghst]

I doubt it.

Unless someone built a Tienamen Square replica in London and didnt tell me.

it's out in the assend of stratford. imagine that sight but scattered with orphaned blocks of concrete and a couple of abandoned jcbs, a short walk from the likes of hackney wick - a place that makes chernobyl blush.

 

[Korey]

it's out in the assend of stratford. imagine that sight but scattered with orphaned blocks of concrete and a couple of abandoned jcbs, a short walk from the likes of hackney wick - a place that makes chernobyl blush.

Most confusing sentence I've read all day

 

[frankie_baby]

I don't mind the design, but jesus, is that CG mockup demonstrative of the actual location? Its like they didn't put any thought into placement or design of the environment around it.

By the looks of it it is, as that's the Olympic swimming pool behind it

 

[The Technomancer]

By the looks of it it is, as that's the Olympic swimming pool behind it

That seems like a problem I see more and more frequently in modern design: the design of a piece in isolation, without more then a cursory consideration of how it fits into its surroundings.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

it's out in the assend of stratford. imagine that sight but scattered with orphaned blocks of concrete and a couple of abandoned jcbs, a short walk from the likes of hackney wick - a place that makes chernobyl blush.

Oh God.

Another reason to put ahead my plan for building a wall in place of the M25.

 

[LQX]

At first glance I thought it was some ugly scary roller coaster. How ridiculous.

 

[rohlfinator]

Looks pretty hideous in pictures, but I'm kinda partial to weird out of place architecture, so I think I might like it in person.

 

[Barbacoatl]

 

[dejay]

The finished result is different to the mock-up. The stairs are more even, with no variation to the spiral and the observatory at the top is totally different - a lot narrower and less impressive.


They've taken a lot of the whimsy and organic nature out of the design, which is why the mock up looks ten times better than the finished product.

In fact it now looks like an airport control tower.

 

[frankie_baby]

The finished result is different to the mock-up. The stairs are more even, with no variation to the spiral and the observatory at the top is totally different - a lot narrower and less impressive.


They've taken a lot of the whimsy and organic nature out of the design, which is why the mock up looks ten times better than the finished product.

In fact it now looks like an airport control tower.

Agree with you about the stairs they don't look anywhere like as good as the mock up, though the observation deck is clearly a long way from finished so it could end up good

 

[Gallbaro]

Agree with you about the stairs they don't look anywhere like as good as the mock up, though the observation deck is clearly a long way from finished so it could end up good

An engineer got a hold of it.

But jesus, this thing, at less than 400ft it the tallest structure in the UK? You don't have any broadcast towers?

 

[clemenx]

Uhh. I really like the mockup, but the stairs and observation deck in the picture ruin the structure.

 

[Korey]

I...really...yea. WTF. Everyone involved should take a step back and reevaluate their lives

 

[Deku]

Is this a water slide? a crumpled broadcast tower?

 

[Trent Strong]

Horrific.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

An engineer got a hold of it.

But jesus, this thing, at less than 400ft it the tallest structure in the UK? You don't have any broadcast towers?

I believe it's actually tallest sculpture or whatever and the OP got the wording messed.

Do you really think there's nothing over 400ft in Britain?

 

[Gallbaro]

I believe it's actually tallest sculpture or whatever and the OP got the wording messed.

Do you really think there's nothing over 400ft in Britain?

Of course, London has that weird egg shaped building and others.

 

[frankie_baby]

An engineer got a hold of it.

But jesus, this thing, at less than 400ft it the tallest structure in the UK? You don't have any broadcast towers?

We've got loads of structures far bigger than this, someone in this thread even posted a render of London's tallest skyscraper the shard, which'll be over 1000ft when its finished soon