Modern Architecture
Modern Eye-sores?
Using the relatively new Wembley Stadium as an example, I want to know whether it is actually necessary to spend millions of pounds making buildings look unique and different or just make them simple enough to do the job that they were designed for.
The majority of office blocks and blocks of flats do just that, they aren’t exactly the most attractive thing to look at but the main thing is that they do their job- provide shelter and space to work or live in. More importantly, they are able to do this without costing vasts amount of money to make.
There was a lot of controversy concerning the design and construction of the new Wembley Stadium. Was it necessary? Why did it take so long? Why destroy the historic ‘Twin Towers of Wembley’? And why replace them with…an arch?
Modern Eye-sores?
Using the relatively new Wembley Stadium as an example, I want to know whether it is actually necessary to spend millions of pounds making buildings look unique and different or just make them simple enough to do the job that they were designed for.
The majority of office blocks and blocks of flats do just that, they aren’t exactly the most attractive thing to look at but the main thing is that they do their job- provide shelter and space to work or live in. More importantly, they are able to do this without costing vasts amount of money to make.
There was a lot of controversy concerning the design and construction of the new Wembley Stadium. Was it necessary? Why did it take so long? Why destroy the historic ‘Twin Towers of Wembley’? And why replace them with…an arch?
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You can say that the new Wembley Stadium looks impressive; I am not suggesting that it doesn’t, but surely the main requirement of a stadium is more to do with the interior, not the exterior. When people talk about Wembley-they think of the arch, not the capacity, not the pitch, not the meeting rooms or the dressing rooms or the retractable roof. Those are the main components of the construction, so why not leave it at that? Is it necessary to dress it up with an arch?
After going on the London Eye, you can actually see the Wembley Stadium in the distance and I was looking out for it as were other people in the pod. Trying to spot it amongst all of the cranes around London wasn’t easy because that is exactly what the Wembley Stadium arch looked like- a crane. It wasn’t until we reached a certain point that you could distinguish the arch as an arch.
After going on the London Eye, you can actually see the Wembley Stadium in the distance and I was looking out for it as were other people in the pod. Trying to spot it amongst all of the cranes around London wasn’t easy because that is exactly what the Wembley Stadium arch looked like- a crane. It wasn’t until we reached a certain point that you could distinguish the arch as an arch.
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I am not saying that architecture should be as plain as to merely just do the job for which it was designed for, there are plenty of buildings that can do that and be amazing to look at. I personally just don’t think that Wembley Stadium in particular ticks both of those boxes.
Information on the features of Wembley Stadium
http://www.wembleystadium.com/brilliantfuture/thenewdesign/
Information on the features of Wembley Stadium
http://www.wembleystadium.com/brilliantfuture/thenewdesign/
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