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Amazing, weird, fantastic buildings.

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Not so much the building but the guy at the top of it. I loved this guy, a fantastic character and engineer.

 

 

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Frederick Travis Dibnah, MBE (28 April 1938 – 6 November 2004) was an English steeplejack and television personality, with a keen interest in mechanical engineering, who described himself as a "backstreet mechanic".
When Dibnah was born, Britain relied heavily upon coal to fuel its industry. As a child, he was fascinated by the steam engines which powered the many textile mills in Bolton, but he paid particular attention to chimneys and the men who worked on them. He began his working life as a joiner, before becoming a steeplejack. From age 22, he served for two years in the Army Catering Corps of the British Army, undertaking his National Service. Once demobilised, he returned to steeplejacking but met with limited success until he was asked to repair Bolton's parish church. The resulting publicity provided a boost to his business, ensuring he was almost never out of work.
In 1978, while making repairs to Bolton Town Hall, Dibnah was filmed by a regional BBC news crew. The BBC then commissioned a documentary, which followed the rough-hewn steeplejack as he worked on chimneys, interacted with his family.
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  · Constructed from 1978 to 1982 in Noisy-le-Grand, a suburb located ten miles east of Paris, Les Espaces d'Abraxas is a notable housing estate designed by the late Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill, who passed away last year.
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I drive down the M6 on almost a daily basis and I always think what a beautiful building Fort Dunlop is.

 

Nothing that special or interesting really compared to some others on this thread, but I always find it aesthetically pleasing. 

 

Was once the largest factory in the world.

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2 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

I drive down the M6 on almost a daily basis and I always think what a beautiful building Fort Dunlop is.

 

Nothing that special or interesting really compared to some others on this thread, but I always find it aesthetically pleasing. 

 

Was once the largest factory in the world.

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I had work experience at Goodyear around 15 years ago and stayed at the hotel at the end which, I must admit, spoils the rest of the great building architecture in terms of the random blue colour being part of it.

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The Ouse Valley Viaduct in Sussex is 'probably the most elegant viaduct in Britain.'
The architectural gem was completed in 1842 and 11 million bricks were used in construction. Its arched vaulting generates an impressive effect, read more 👇
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21st January 1971, The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
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Outside loo or inside loo? When Herbrand Street Dwellings were constructed in 1901, the London County Council made the decision to give each household their own toilet, which must have been very welcome.
Given the limited floorspace, the innovative way of achieving this was to put them all on the outside of the building, with access via a tiny balcony.
 

The designs for the Herbrand Street Dwellings were approved in October 1901. The Coram Buildings can be seen in this photograph, which formed part of the development on the Herbrand Street site. For the development, the London County Council (LCC) had purchased the land from the Duke of Bedford, Herbrand Arthur Russell, whom after which the street was named.

The balconettes, seen here, give the façade of the buildings a uniqueness. The balcony features square railings, with two doors either side. To get to their toilet, a resident would have to walk through a door in their scullery (kitchen), stepping out into the open-air balcony and walking through another door into their toilet. This was so that the toilet was closed off to the rest of the small flat.

The plans for the buildings are very detailed. They include elements such as picture rails, food cupboards and the design of pipes. The LCC also designed a wash house so that residents could clean their clothes, as well as external sheds for bicycles and perambulators (commonly known as prams). Although the buildings still exist, the balconettes have been blocked in.

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