I grew up in Bath and I'm really interested in finding out about this period in the 60's and 70's. All of the parts of the city that were re-built then all share the same deadness in their sense of place. You can feel the lifelessness whenever you're close. I felt that as a child in the 80's/90's when I had no idea about this building 'revolution'. There were just small pockets of Bath that I didn't like passing or visiting, they felt empty, that all correspond with 60/70's architecture. It's amazing how architecture can change you perception of a street, and that the loss of buildings that had stood there for hundreds of years can suck the life away with it.
I grew up in Bath and I'm really interested in finding out about this period in the 60's and 70's. All of the parts of the city that were re-built then all share the same deadness in their sense of place. You can feel the lifelessness whenever you're close. I felt that as a child in the 80's/90's when I had no idea about this building 'revolution'. There were just small pockets of Bath that I didn't like passing or visiting, they felt empty, that all correspond with 60/70's architecture. It's amazing how architecture can change you perception of a street, and that the loss of buildings that had stood there for hundreds of years can suck the life away with it.
The Poet Laureate John Betjeman was shocked at the 60s Architectural nihilism intended for Bath and campaigned against the Brutalist town planners.
But they call Bath "the graveyard of ambition"
the local council have ruined it apparently.
Brilliant