Comments on: Anti Beauty

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:07:11 +0000

Atrocious, I had to look that up.
atrocious adj 1 colloq very bad. 2 extremely cruel or wicked

But I guess you just meant to say that you think it’s an ugly building?

By: Franceshka

Franceshka — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 17:03:26 +0000

Dear me. I think it’s atrocious.

By: Edwinek

Edwinek — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 21:51:14 +0000

Bugger, always wanted to see the inside. Missed my last and only chance…

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:21:14 +0000

Well the building does consist of 4 walls and 4 chimneys mostly, the middle is complete gone already, and there is no roof either. So yes the SF setup is the only way to preserve it I’m afraid. But it will have public access area, and if it is going to look half as cool as the film I saw about it, it is going to be amazing. There will even be a lounge on top of one of the chimneys (probably no public access there though).

By: yak

yak — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 09:00:12 +0000

Yeah, Animals. An album that has an equally stunning sleeve design, as the music and the building. I remember when I came to London and saw it from afar, I litterally got tears in my eyes.
Can’t say I’m te pleased with the sf desing, but hey, if it can save the building.

By: grigorisgirl

grigorisgirl — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:10:04 +0000

This is part of my childhood. Every trip to London passing it on the train, belching out clouds. Always thought of it as an upturned billiards table.

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 08:09:34 +0000

Oh I didn’t really know it was this famous! It has been in a lot of films, several Dr. Who episodes and on several LP covers. Wikipedia is the source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battersea_Power_Station

@Bloglily – this exhibition closes in November, so I am afraid that you will be arriving in the transformation period. :-) Be sure to send me a mail when you come to London, hopefully the Cafe is still around at that time.

By: George

George — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 07:18:25 +0000

Oh. This buidling has been on my walls for years and years and years. It’s on Pink Floyd’s Animals which happens to be a great record.

http://tralfaz-archives.com/coverart/P/pfloyd_animals.html

By: bloglily

bloglily — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 02:04:11 +0000

Beautiful. I love that site. At first I thought you were talking about the Tate, which is also pretty wonderful. I’m hoping to get to London next year, but by then, won’t it be on its way to the SF version? (I love your photos of London, Ingrid. You have such an eye for the city.)

By: pauldwaite

pauldwaite — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:56:11 +0000

Ooh, I’ll have to get down there. I work 10 minutes walk from it. Used to walk past it every day on my way home.

You can also see a future (sort of) version of it in the Doctor Who episode The Age Of Steel.