Comments on: Tall Buildings in Cambridge http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/tall-buildings-cambridge.html Cambridge, United Kingdom. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:57:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Richard Taylor http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/tall-buildings-cambridge.html#comment-45208 Richard Taylor Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:20:28 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=2850#comment-45208 On the 5th of May the CPPF made transcripts and slides from the meeting available at: http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/pvl/TALL/ And posted a summary of the meeting at: http://www.cambridgeppf.org/news/documents/Summary-seminartallbuildingsCambridgeMarch2010.pdf On the 5th of May the CPPF made transcripts and slides from the meeting available at:

http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/pvl/TALL/

And posted a summary of the meeting at:
http://www.cambridgeppf.org/news/documents/Summary-seminartallbuildingsCambridgeMarch2010.pdf

]]> By: Frugal Dougal http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/tall-buildings-cambridge.html#comment-30437 Frugal Dougal Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:15:05 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=2850#comment-30437 What I'd be concerned about - and the Council may not be considering this - is clusters of tall buildings within Cambridge borders designed for residential purposes. This has been too tempting for some councils - notably my native Glasgow - because it concentrates lots of votes in one place. Often people point to the French example; but Le Corbusier and his peers built communities on classical principles on the verge of the country, if not in it. British architects went to see his work but either didn't know or didn't care about the classical principles of the golden ratio, and we got things like the Red Road Flats and the Gorbals Towers, and the rest is history. Beware. What I’d be concerned about - and the Council may not be considering this - is clusters of tall buildings within Cambridge borders designed for residential purposes. This has been too tempting for some councils - notably my native Glasgow - because it concentrates lots of votes in one place.

Often people point to the French example; but Le Corbusier and his peers built communities on classical principles on the verge of the country, if not in it. British architects went to see his work but either didn’t know or didn’t care about the classical principles of the golden ratio, and we got things like the Red Road Flats and the Gorbals Towers, and the rest is history. Beware.

]]> By: Dan, Cambridge http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/tall-buildings-cambridge.html#comment-30412 Dan, Cambridge Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:54:51 +0000 http://www.rtaylor.co.uk/?p=2850#comment-30412 Just an off topic note on the Thompsons Lane hotel - I can't imagine that it will be an Art Gallery as the developers have just won an appeal against the council over the buildings use as a restaurant (far more profitable). This building was initially allowed to be built as it was sold as 'low cost' flats, but has since been subject of application creep and is now a hotel and destination restaurant. I can't imagine that it would ever have been built if its current and intended use was stated from the start. Just an off topic note on the Thompsons Lane hotel - I can’t imagine that it will be an Art Gallery as the developers have just won an appeal against the council over the buildings use as a restaurant (far more profitable).

This building was initially allowed to be built as it was sold as ‘low cost’ flats, but has since been subject of application creep and is now a hotel and destination restaurant. I can’t imagine that it would ever have been built if its current and intended use was stated from the start.

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