severus 0 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It can't be worse than the Gherkin, or is it? Be good and you will be lonely. ~ Mark Twain Link to post Share on other sites
Phone 729 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Not a judge of buildings but from 6000 miles it's kinda Fugly. Is it the only "modernistic" glass building in London? Does it "fit" with something? Phone Link to post Share on other sites
Ken L 979 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 It can't be worse than the Gherkin, or is it? Not sure whether that relates to The Shard or my comment about The Cube. If it was the latter, this is what I look out at from work...... cube.bmp Species caught in 2020: Barbel. European Eel. Bleak. Perch. Pike. Species caught in 2019: Pike. Bream. Tench. Chub. Common Carp. European Eel. Barbel. Bleak. Dace. Species caught in 2018: Perch. Bream. Rainbow Trout. Brown Trout. Chub. Roach. Carp. European Eel. Species caught in 2017: Siamese carp. Striped catfish. Rohu. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Black Minnow Shark. Perch. Chub. Brown Trout. Pike. Bream. Roach. Rudd. Bleak. Common Carp. Species caught in 2016: Siamese carp. Jullien's golden carp. Striped catfish. Mekong catfish. Amazon red tail catfish. Arapaima. Alligator gar. Rohu. Black Minnow Shark. Roach, Bream, Perch, Ballan Wrasse. Rudd. Common Carp. Pike. Zander. Chub. Bleak. Species caught in 2015: Brown Trout. Roach. Bream. Terrapin. Eel. Barbel. Pike. Chub. Link to post Share on other sites
n4lly 91 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Not sure whether that relates to The Shard or my comment about The Cube.If it was the latter, this is what I look out at from work...... Jeez you aint wrong that's mega fugly Link to post Share on other sites
John S 325 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Some architects should consider euthanasia as a career move John SQuanti Canicula Ille In Fenestra Species caught in 2017 Common Ash, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, White Willow. Species caught in 2016: Alder, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Crab Apple, Left Earlobe, Pedunculate Oak, Rock Whitebeam, Scots Pine, Smooth-leaved Elm, Swan, Wayfaring tree. Species caught in 2015: Ash, Bird Cherry, Black-Headed Gull, Common Hazel, Common Whitebeam, Elder, Field Maple, Gorse, Puma, Sessile Oak, White Willow. Species caught in 2014: Big Angry Man's Ear, Blackthorn, Common Ash, Common Whitebeam, Downy Birch, European Beech, European Holly, Hawthorn, Hazel, Scots Pine, Wych Elm.Species caught in 2013: Beech, Elder, Hawthorn, Oak, Right Earlobe, Scots Pine. Species caught in 2012: Ash, Aspen, Beech, Big Nasty Stinging Nettle, Birch, Copper Beech, Grey Willow, Holly, Hazel, Oak, Wasp Nest (that was a really bad day), White Poplar.Species caught in 2011: Blackthorn, Crab Apple, Elder, Fir, Hawthorn, Horse Chestnut, Oak, Passing Dog, Rowan, Sycamore, Willow.Species caught in 2010: Ash, Beech, Birch, Elder, Elm, Gorse, Mullberry, Oak, Poplar, Rowan, Sloe, Willow, Yew. Link to post Share on other sites
azrael 13 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 for sure it is a thing of beauty but what do you get for £25? do you just get to look out of the window? Azree “Let us see rather that like Janus—or better, like Yama, the Brahmin god of death—religion has two faces, one very friendly, one very gloomy...” Arthur Schopenhaur Link to post Share on other sites
severus 0 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Not sure whether that relates to The Shard or my comment about The Cube.If it was the latter, this is what I look out at from work...... Neither. This building. Be good and you will be lonely. ~ Mark Twain Link to post Share on other sites
Phone 729 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Severus, I guess it is in the eye of the beholder. I kinda like the Gherkin building. Is it practical? Phone Link to post Share on other sites
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