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threebikesmcginty

Corn Fed Hick...
Location
...on the slake
Giving them to Jeremy Clarkson.
 

Archie_tect

De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
Location
Northumberland
Not yet! :smile:

I was once told, by the Housing Association I work with most, that if I ever won an award for their buildings that I'd spent too much money! Awards are nice marketing/ PR baubles but they are completely meaningless... the Stirling Prize being one of them.

James Stirling was a pompous, self-important person who's buildings often leaked or had operating flaws. The Florey Building had to be closed within a few years of opening because it was unuseable. His student residences had south facing rooms with full height glass walls.... in winter they froze, in summer they baked. Zaha Hadid spends so much of her clients' money I can't believe she gets away with it. A fire station she designed never operated because they couldn't get the fire engines into the building.

Norman Foster's buildings are grounded in common sense but they too cost a fortune.

Not bitter- just see award evenings as manipulation by marketing companies.... how about the National Roofing Association Awards, or the National Cleansing Operator of the Year Awards?
 
I am rather pleased that the BBC is not focussed on just mainstream stuff. It would be silly if they just always chase cheap and commercial programming. Their worth is that they can operate non-commercially.
They are oddly * supposed to be in a funding crisis but I would rather they cut some mainstream tat and big names rather than cut BBC3.

* Although the licence fee has been pegged, they have had a massive increase in fees in as there are so many more houses year on year. They seem to have money for a new TV centre.

How is it that the IT crowd in winning lots now? The programme finished in 2011 after 4 series that no one watched (except me I think). In 2013 they did a one off special that was not their best work.
 

Archie_tect

De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
Location
Northumberland
The IT crowd was one of those series that sneaked past everyone.... a bit like artists that become 'fashionable' after they've died penniless! just hope everyone gets the royalties due to them.
 
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