obviously the older one nicer but it isn’t bad ? looks better than most buildings in london
LocallySourcedWeirdosays
It’s like the Cat in the Hat read about IM Pei, and designed a galleon. It’s interesting that the dish-on-a-stick was left intact. "Take our Edwardian architecture, but please keep the plate on a stick!"
111UKD111says
The new one looks like a cat tower.
lemanifijsays
It is certainly a weird design. It’s like it was designed to be weird.
SQUIRT_TRUTHERsays
Seriously, that left one is so staid and unremarkable. Very glad to see Satan’s Periscope getting the love it deserves and demands.
the_ninesays
It looks like background art that was rejected by Futurama.
thinkB4WeSpeaksays
This would be fine I guess if they didn’t replace the other building with it. Don’t take what’s already a good building and make it into, whatever that is.
NathyDresays
Hope this explains what this is to a non Londoner:
A branch of Mappin and Webb (left) once occupied a location in the City of London at the junction of Poultry and Queen Victoria Street. Designed in the neo-gothic style by John Belcher in 1870, the listed building was demolished in 1994 to make way for the construction of a Postmodern office and retail building (right) Designed by the late Sir James Stirling.
Offtangent says
What an odd design.
Stan2005 says
obviously the older one nicer but it isn’t bad ? looks better than most buildings in london
LocallySourcedWeirdo says
It’s like the Cat in the Hat read about IM Pei, and designed a galleon. It’s interesting that the dish-on-a-stick was left intact. "Take our Edwardian architecture, but please keep the plate on a stick!"
111UKD111 says
The new one looks like a cat tower.
lemanifij says
It is certainly a weird design. It’s like it was designed to be weird.
SQUIRT_TRUTHER says
Seriously, that left one is so staid and unremarkable. Very glad to see Satan’s Periscope getting the love it deserves and demands.
the_nine says
It looks like background art that was rejected by Futurama.
thinkB4WeSpeak says
This would be fine I guess if they didn’t replace the other building with it. Don’t take what’s already a good building and make it into, whatever that is.
NathyDre says
Hope this explains what this is to a non Londoner:
A branch of Mappin and Webb (left) once occupied a location in the City of London at the junction of Poultry and Queen Victoria Street. Designed in the neo-gothic style by John Belcher in 1870, the listed building was demolished in 1994 to make way for the construction of a Postmodern office and retail building (right) Designed by the late Sir James Stirling.