Brighton & Hove has been victim to some pretty narrow minded council leaders and councillors that sit at planning committee. Progressive councils such as Manchester and Birmingham have set out grand visions for their cities leading to developers and their architects to have confidence that good...
ALL !? I think you'll find there is reasoned debate through this thread on buildings such as Hove Town Hall, the Sussex University campus, and the Brighton Centre.
You're the first person I've ever heard suggest Albert Speer was some how responsible for the origins of post war architecture, or...
This one definitely gets my vote. There really are no redeeming features for such a prominent building. Hopefully will be redeveloped with something with architectural merit sometime soon!
Indeed, Sir Basil Spence's Sussex University masterplan is genius in many respects, and still a pilgrimage for many architecture students / architects.
http://www.basilspence.org.uk/learning/buildings/sussex-university
Personally, I think the Brighton Centre is actually a decent building in...