Architecture. Some engineers might say is evil. (youtuber reference) but the beauty of the UK was and still is, for now, a sight to behold. Abominations in the form of glass structures replacing old but beautiful buildings has to stop.
And we have to start demolishing those abominations and replacing them with beauty again.
Aesthetics are important. Grand structures, brilliant scenes. Grand Christian churches expresses the power of the nation and boosts the morale of the nation as a place to behold.
I want to see buildings with gargoyles, patterns that have me wonder what the iconography means. Meanings hidden within the buildings themselves.
Thereâs a lot of little things to this specific idea, but generally speaking.
Beauty defeats Ugly. England is and should remain a beautiful country, with buildings that make the world Jelous.
Yes! I wonât lie about my view, but this secular liberalism has brought a very bland taste to our horizons and it is a sad sight.
Like you say, grand Christian churches and their nature has brought such flavour to the UK and now we are heading towards next flat box with windows to another flat box with windows, not to mention that the âartâ is also just ghastly.
Reminds me of that strange Mexican âtransâ object at Trafalgar Square they put up during last year, instead of our late Queen ElizabethâŠlike, come on, we arenât in Mexico, we are in London looking at this.
Bring back common sense, bring back delicious architecture.
One part of this that I would recommend is a drive to increase Vernacular Building, i.e. building with the local materials.
So that could be Cob houses in Clay rich areas, Thatching near marshes, slate in slate areas etc.
Some of the most beautiful towns and villages are all made using local materials, from the sandstone of Bath to the slate houses in Cornwall to the thatched cottages in dorset.
Using local materials also increases the local industries.
This is something that is already somewhat done with listed buildings, but it could be used more widely.
Totally agree. The whole place looks shoddy, grimy and as though we are ashamed of our wonderful architecture. It should be cleaned, restored and respected. I guess itâs a reflection of where the country is at just now.
Everything being built grey & dystopian much like the communist complex of the USSR back in its day, we need grand architecture, British and European architects and designers to be brought in, Much of what you can see during the 50âs & 60âs here was beautiful, everything had individual character rather than those horrid Steel and glass towers we have littered about now, thatâs simply not British!
We donât want too look like China or have everywhere in the world built the same by the globalists that want to take away the sense of individuality, culture and past history of each and every individual nation that makes us all different from one another.
It sort of adds to my belief of these socialist/globalist governments destroying our rural areas/farms and turning our fields into solar and wind farms and mass building of poorly built homes will make rural Britain unliveable eventually, meanwhile theyâre building these massive apartment blocks in cityâs to eventually force everyone to move into the cityâs into apartments and limiting child birth rate through the back door because familyâs simply wonât have have the space and then creating the 15 minute city model (open air concentration camps) while those that refuse to move from rural areas will face attacks and starvation by the dismantling of the agricultural & fishing industryâs, the welcomed invaders & weaponising of Civil servants.
The citizens will be totally dependant on city imports from abroad for food while the government will distribute the food by rations to the cityâs and wonât make it to rural Britain. Just a thought but Iâve paid attention to the language used by the WEF and how they idolise China and just all adds up to me.
slightly off topic but I think itâs all connected and far more sinister than what we can see at face value.
Agreed, way way more sinister than what it has been taken at a glimpse, and it only pushes for the true release that we should seek, where we carve our own path, and not to abide by those that tell you not to do things that we have been doing for thousands of years as the Human race.
Excellent idea. Itâs important to look after the heritage we have. But we have to be realistic. No one is going to be building Victorian or Edwardian (to name but a few) style properties.
That doesnât mean we canât be inspired by historical trends or local influences. New architecture is either boring and boxy or off the scale weird for the sake of being weird.
I would also like to see statues and memorials added to this. All statues that were removed during riots should be reinstated. For people who are offended by historical figures, plaques and information should be updated with factual details explaining why someone would have been immortalised at that time. To remove statues in their entirety is to remove reference to any good or bad deeds they may have done, thereby altering history. We should acknowledge and learn from history. Not erase it.
Not sure I agree, I live not a million miles from Poundbury which is built in Georgian style.
Many new estates are more pretty than ones built a few decades back.
Very sort after.
But that being said this refers to residential buildings only, where the looks matter more.
Regarding âgreat worksâ or large projects you are entirely correct.
youâre lucky, they build abominations and soviet era crap around here. Areas like your place which is managing to achieve beauty already would simply be supported to do more. if i was to have my way.
Yes I agree, there are many places of heritage large and small from cathedrals to cottages that are noteworthy for their architecture.
Perhaps the most notable issues of late are the demolitions of Englands churches en mass it seems.
Regardless of religious inclinations, and regardless of their size, churches are beautiful and often historic points of interest for many towns and villages.
How can we encourage their preservation and promotion?
Speaking of dying trades. The stone walls often near farms in my area have been broken for over a year now. Many buildings fall into disrepair. it is sad.
Yeah, this is a great approach. Even modern style stuff, done with vernacular materials at least, fits in better with the local area.
It combats the soullless, globalist âinternational styleâ where you canât tell where in the world a building even is by looking at it. Also it is hard for leftists to oppose since you can sell it as environmentally friendly.
The big practical issue is this - architecture has been politicized, architecture schools donât even teach traditional architecture any more. If you look at traditional architects like Quinlan Terry (did Poundville for Prince Charles), the architectural profession HATES him.
They support international style modernism as part of an ideological program of globalism (same architecture everywhere, no differences between countries) and modernism (hatred of the past and traditions).
To fix this we need more democratic control over civic architecture, opinion polls show that the public overwhelmingly prefers traditional architecture, and yet effectively zero new civic architecture (paid for by taxpayers) is done in traditional styles.
(private architecture is a different issue, I respect private property rights, so if individuals want to build modern style houses thatâs up to them)
Modern interior design seems to be all grey too. Grey furniture with black and white decoration seems to be the âin thingâ. Minimalist, no ornaments, family portraits and photos seem to be a thing of the past, all bland and completely characterless. Not homely at all.