Annette Curtain Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Actually, come to think about it...I'm not diggin' The ShardI cycled past it a 5am this morning & it did absolutely nothing for meStacks of shite white glass at an angle. So friggin whatThere, i've said it !(do feel free to add your own a.c.t.t.a.i's)Nette Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 What do you cycle past that does do something for you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-557893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxxi Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I think you have yet to find your OVD* Nette.I think it looks rather swell... from the junction of LL and Heber rd.*Optimum Viewing Distance. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-557905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJKillaQueen Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It's gonna cost ?25 a pop to go to the 'public' viewing floor. Don't think I'll bother either. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-557906 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted July 5, 2012 Author Share Posted July 5, 2012 Oh blah blahDon't get me wrong. I mean the whole building process has been fabulous and I love all that. it's just the end result is predictable don't you think. Bland, craftless & kit like It's newIt's the tallIt's distinctly dull (with angles) I think Boris described it as "like the needle of a hypodermic syringe, poking out from beneath the earth" he then waffled and said something a little more disparaging/generic about past buildings "Charles Dickens hated Big Ben" or something like he doesConversely, take a building like 30 St Mary Axe. It's construction is there to marvel at and it plays with your senses. The further you are from it the more it stands out. However, try to find it without using a map. It's great fun, because it aludes you, hides almost. And when you do get there, the best view of it isn't a direct one, but a reflected view in the building adjacent to itNetts Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-557918 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Fortunate soul that I am, I had dinner up the Gherkin last week. Apart from the security man who needed a lesson in manners, and the prices it was all super.There was a lady playing one of the parked pianos outside the door Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-557927 Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 It still looks like it has the scaffolding around it to me. The architect is Italian- he had to come to London because they would not allow him to ruin the skyline of an Italian city. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-557986 Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Pibe Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Funnily enough didn't the gherkin designer say he regrets his youthful folly and think's, on reflection, it's shit, or somesuch?let me have a dig around.....herewigo http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/8598889/Architect-behind-the-Gherkin-says-he-has-finished-designing-strangely-shaped-edifices.html"I was in there the other day," he said. "I was looking at the glass all the way around thinking, 'Why on earth did we do that?'" Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558049 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Steveo=Michael Winner Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558071 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 El Pibe Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Funnily enough didn't the gherkin designer say he> regrets his youthful folly and think's, on> reflection, it's shit, or somesuch?> > let me have a dig around.....> > > herewigo> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrak> e/8598889/Architect-behind-the-Gherkin-says-he-has> -finished-designing-strangely-shaped-edifices.html> > > "I was in there the other day," he said. "I was> looking at the glass all the way around thinking,> 'Why on earth did we do that?'"Oh yes I agree & it's no way perfectIt looks like a working mathematical equation made physicalBut, it has been very well received, & people feel genuine affection for itIt also broke relatively new ground when it was built.The Shard; it's big innit !Nette Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-e-dealer Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Dinner up the gherkin sounds saucy! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undisputedtruth Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 the-e-dealer Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Dinner up the gherkin sounds saucy!Not enough to get in a pickle over. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558765 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annette Curtain Posted July 8, 2012 Author Share Posted July 8, 2012 Anyway, anyway, anyway...The Shard's already been done else where, as I saw todayIf you saw the closing credits of "Herbie Rides Again" (1974), then you'll see in the background near the Golden gate bridge a perfect "shard" pointy type buildingSo, meh. The (rip-off) Shard mk II in London stinksAnyway and that aside, I was having dinner on Friday with an Architect friend of mine, who has designed the interiors of the apartments in the Shard. He tells me that the paranoia about the twin-towers is what led them to eventually opt for the mixed use, rather than straight commercial use.However, office specification ceiling heights for the build, were already in place once this revision had been decided. So the new residential floors suffer from lower than average ceiling height, once the floors are raised and the false ceilings go in to accommodate all the services required.All that for around ?20 + million a pop. That said, the 360 degree view will be fabulous (as long as your not hitting your head on the chandeliers)Nette Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558783 Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 ???? Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Steveo=Michael WinnerAh, my secret is out. For my next review I'll be taking my good friends Jah Lush and Joan Collins to Favourite Chicken and Ribs.Fans are welcome to come along and buy signed DVDs of my new film Death Wishbone 6. Only ?97.99 Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 I thought you were taking me and Joannie to Nandos. She will be proper pissed off. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
DulwichFox Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 If you can see the Shard from your Bedroom Window.... Then the Man in the Gabardine Suit who sits in the Shard can see you. He has a very Big Telescope and a Camera and can see everything you are doing. Foxy Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558972 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy. I said be careful his bowtie is really a camera... Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/24330-actually-come-to-think-about-it/#findComment-558982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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