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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:01 pm ]
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This is an interesting article.

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The recently opened Shard is already a familiar landmark on the London skyline, but how might the UK's urban landscapes look if some of the most architecturally ambitious plans of past centuries had been fully realised?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18960478

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Even though LIverpool didn’t get this building, it reminds me of Koekelberg Basilica in Brussels, which was the cheap option when the original planned Gothic monstrosity proved too expensive.
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L1010356 by hairydalek, on Flickr

Anyway, London’s Pyramid of Death?
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Author:  l3v1ck [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 9:05 pm ]
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Fancy a thread title change?
Author:  pcernie [ Wed Jul 25, 2012 10:24 pm ]
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Very 8-)
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:37 am ]
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This has become a bit of a joke at work. We've been circulating these photos and adding our own projects at the end :)
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:02 pm ]
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I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.

Mark
Author:  james016 [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 12:42 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.

Mark



Sounds like a Doctor Who location.
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 2:55 pm ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Fancy a thread title change?


Done (earlier today - I had to be out fairly sharpish this morning).
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:12 pm ]
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james016 wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.
Sounds like a Doctor Who location.
They should so do that.

Mark
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:53 pm ]
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timark_uk wrote:
james016 wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.
Sounds like a Doctor Who location.
They should so do that.

Mark

Done!
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Author:  leeds_manc [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:03 pm ]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HKmcojL ... ure=fvwrel

Done!
Author:  timark_uk [ Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:47 pm ]
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TheFrenchun wrote:
Done!
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It's not really the same though, the one you linked to was a sort of prison, no?

Mark
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