But both of them have behind them the same stretch of wasteland, with little more than a track of mud leading out to the next estate. In this stretch are a succession of small houses, some with attached smallholdings which are visibly .... curved site - there is some logic here, perhaps, but it's the logic of filling as much profit-making activity into a site as possible, in an area dominated by a massive swathe of unused open space. posted by owen hatherley at 12:18 PM ...
Is Shell Mex House actually a completely new 1930s building - I was under the impression that Joseph designed a recladding on the cheap of the former "monster"Hotel Cecil http://tinyurl.com/ygr9kfb. 11:36 PM; Blogger owen hatherley ...
On moving aged 12 to a council estate in within the city boundaries, not only did I find the semis and front gardens suspiciously posh-looking, but I also thought the estate kids' semi-rural accent to be surprising and hilarious, which guaranteed me some perhaps slightly .... owen hatherley said... Shamed! Shamed! I'm sure this is partly due to your lack of interest in Eastleigh, but bear in mind this was written while doing 3000 words of proper work around the same time. ...
