It would be so nice if something would make sense for a change.

I've decided that I want to concentrate on the subject of bad architecture and poor city planning around Bradford. I've been reading into the concept of 'Bad architecture' on a more global scale.
How I present it is something that I am continuing to develop and will include examples of in my diary and update at a later date on this blog.

In an internet article called 'Should bad architecture be named and shamed?' (found at http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3146812)
Director of 'FAT' ( provocative art-architecture collaborative) Sean Griffiths states that:
"Most buildings have no or little input from an architect and are cheap, shoddy, badly designed and badly built out of crap materials. They disfigure towns, cities and landscapes leaving a legacy of depressing, banal and desolate environments. Should we really not be naming and shaming these abominations"

It's sums up in such a simple and succint way how i feel about the city of Bradford. It has the potential to be a great city but the lack of decent city planning and hideously misplaced architecture have turned the place into a complete eyesore.

Considering it's a UNESCO City of Film and has some historical landmarks in places such as Little Germany, Manningham Park, Saltaire etc - more thought and effort should go into the city centre if nowhere else!

I know it sounds like a rant - but it's a viewpoint that many people share.
On Facebook there's a group of 965 members dedicated to voicing their opinions and objections to the destruction of Bradford and it's City Centre. Aptly named: Bradford Metropolitan District Council PULL YOUR FINGER OUT!
found at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=49724601709&ref=ts