Bad Architecture and Planning in Bath and Bristol?

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About Bad Architecture and Planning in Bath and Bristol?

I feel that it is high time that the bad architecture of these two celebrated cities was collected together to display and name and shame the architects, planners, developers and city authorities who have allowed excrescences to be built in two such beautiful cities. If you have shots of terrible buildings, or public spaces, in Bath and/or Bristol, please join the group and post your horror pictures to this new group!

There is, of course, a degree of ambiguity as to what constitutes 'bad architecture' since this is to some degree a subjective opinion based upon taste and personal beliefs, and leeway will be exercised to allow for different tastes to be displayed and debated under this heading. But buildings which are deemed acceptable to the the Pevsner Guides to Bath and Bristol will not be acceptable for this group, unless convincing reasons are given for their inclusion.

Here is a link is to the excellent Bath Heritage Watchdog Website: www.bathheritagewatchdog.org/churchill.htm

And here is a link to the Flickr Southgate gallery: www.flickr.com/groups/23702100@N00/

Why Southgate: "In 1971 almost 5 acres of Georgian and Victorian Bath were cleared to build a modern shopping complex. 36 years later, in 2007, it is being demolished, along with the Ham Gardens Car Park, Bus Station, former Co-Op Dairy building and, most controversially, Churchill House. The aim of the group is to provide a record of Southgate; before, during and after the re-development of the area."

David Lewis-Baker
Bath UK

http://www.flickr.com/groups/bad_architecture_in_bath_and_bristol/