I recently enjoyed the Channel 4 TV series "Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour", which explored how Britain's architecture was influenced and shaped by ideas brought back by young men (such as Inigo Jones) making 'The Grand Tour' and studying the buildings designed by great architects like Palladio. Whilst the link with Saltaire is indirect, I think it's there.
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Thursday, 29 October 2009
Saltaire's twin towers
I recently enjoyed the Channel 4 TV series "Kevin McCloud's Grand Tour", which explored how Britain's architecture was influenced and shaped by ideas brought back by young men (such as Inigo Jones) making 'The Grand Tour' and studying the buildings designed by great architects like Palladio. Whilst the link with Saltaire is indirect, I think it's there.
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Beautiful and lovely shot !! Nice description !
ReplyDeleteYes, it shares that Italianate feel that you get with Listers' Mill in Bradford. And the monochrome shot suites it so well (especially when enlarged) emphasising, as it does the line and the shapes.
ReplyDeleteI think the factories built during the Industrial can be considered the equivalent to the cathedrals built during the Middle Ages. One honored god, the other honors industry. Today's cathedrals are built to honor money, I wonder what that says about us.
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