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"Many countries routinely protect historic buildings from the scourge of philistine (greedy and uncultured) developers by listing them as part of their national heritage. But in Britain, where three grades of protection of buildings already exist, a fourth, more radical, category has been proposed: Grade X, to be attributed to buildings that deserve to be torn down."
"Surprisingly, perhaps, the idea is being promoted by an architect, George Ferguson, the president of the Royal Institute of British Architects. It is also highly topical. Coming at a time when big-name architects are enjoying more power and prestige than in decades, his initiative reflects a healthy recognition that what looks great today may be considered an eyesore tomorrow."
Boy, do we have a bunch of those eyesores here in Kuwait, so let's do a quick survey. Which building(s) would you like to see demolished as soon as possible, and why?
Mubarak Hospital
ReplyDeletecos it dullest of all (not that the rest are any better)
Dear Z
ReplyDeletefor now all I think of are the 2 towers coming up in Al Jahar st beside the Kwt airways and the one behaind the church except al bahar one that is nice.. How abt houses. I blieve if go into that most kwt will be homeless. not mention Al Zumurda party house near SAS &Palmes...
The buildings on Fahad al-Salem Street closest to the JW Marriot. They remind me of hell (not that i've been in this life time) and the worst parts of Mexico city (not even the worst parts of Cairo). & btw, i think they are owned by Warathat al-Mar7oom Ahmad Al-Jaber (ya 7aram, they dont have money to renovate & they need the rent income badly)!
ReplyDeleteDear Z
ReplyDeleteI am 2 busy eating so i told u know to type 4 me
1-NBK not 4 Architectural reasons
2-Amiri hospital
3-Abraj Al q8
Dear Shebe
watch out CID reads blogs
Marina mall.
ReplyDeleteNBK! Hahahahaha!! Actually Gulf Bank head office is even 10 times uglier
ReplyDeleteI love abraj al-Kuwait! I want my 1st kiss to be there (in the revolving cafe)!
ReplyDeleteConcrete Island a.k.a Green Island
ReplyDeleteLets pray that the future developer of that area will have new ideas of generating money other than Malls & Hotels..
1- Every public school and replaced with a - more useful - Mosque
ReplyDelete2- Every Co-Op and replaced with Sultan centers
3- Every structure on the waterfront and replaced with white sand and coconut trees
4- Every Olympic stadium and ...ops we dont have any
International Gaber Stadium in Kuwait coming up in 3arthya 10/2006
ReplyDeleteall ugly houses, especially those that are painted purple, pink, yellow, red (yes there are red houses in q8) waterpark, entretainment city, shaab park, and instead they should make a lot of replicas of the aquarium in every neighborhood so people could actually learn something for a change instead of being a bunch of ignorant morons running amoc
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