please always continue to ask me for my opinions about building projects, particularly in Oxford. I have opinions about all of them. I will only ever not tell you my opinion if I am directly involved with the project. I love having opinions.
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Ok, I’ve been curious about this since I first saw it — do you have opinions/lore about conserving it while also maintaining the roof? Because I am deeply impressed that the roof doesn’t appear to leak.
A university friend was working at the Council when this was challenged in Planning. Said Building Control inspected and found nothing contrary to the Building Act. But like you, I always wanted to know more about this fantastic object - structural connections, wind loading, and waterproofing
Okay so as we know I am not a modernist, but for not being a modernist I find myself not disliking Grimshaw, and the ice rink is a fun example of his early ‘batshit concept but it kinda works actually’. Like why would an ice rink be a ship? But it worked so well the BL did it too
What do you think of New College’s new buildings? I know nothing about them and haven’t seen them in person but from pictures they seem an unfortunate Gaudi lite kind of style.
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Assume the shared ownership is super popular as it goes really quickly elsewhere