An architectural meander around the British Isles
June 10th, 2009 | by ecadman |News Junkie was pleased to see that the Guardian had devoted an entire supplement in its Great British Walks series to Engineering and Architecture today.
“Routes made special by architects such as Robert Adam and Norman Foster or engineers such as Thomas Telford and James Brindley” which celebrate both beauty and “the grittier side of this industrial nation” says the Guardian.
Georgian Bath (walk 194) and Edinburgh’s Twin Towns (walk 4431) sound quite nice, if a little predictable.
20th Century London (walk 5205) is one that News Junkie is already very familiar with. But is starting at the building site that is currently Tottenham Court Road Station really the best introduction to the city’s architecture?
But News Junkie likes the idea of Yorkshire’s Great Windfarms (walk 4140). It helps that its rated ‘easy’, but there’s also something majestic about those massive windmills slicing through the air.
There ar eplenty of others on the Guardian mini-site that are enticing too.
Now all we need is a pair of decent walking boots, and they certainly won’t be designed by Zaha Hadid. Nope, something more sturdy is called for. Besides, any excuse to legitimately spend money on shoes in the name of expanding our architectural education is more than welcome.
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