Rusty, thanks for that! Guess it would appeal to someone from Hemel (just kidding). I live near Hemel and go there frequently. My bitch with the precint (and this applies to Watford to) is lack of sheltered space outside, if that makes any sense. I just want to sit outside, under cover, roll a ciggie or two and have a sip of coffee from my flask. Is that too much to ask from a Planning Engineer?
For the most recent parody, look no further than the Shard. Achieves in one monumentally tasteless heap what most would believe impossible, it makes the grotty neighbourhood it is imposed upon, even grottier. Planning permission for it was endorsed by that well known arbiter of architectural excellence John Prescott, when deputy PM.
Heartbreaking, that this blot on London's skyline could not have been created without the complicity of engineers!
I considered Architecture as a career, but decided on RAF pilot when they said I might have to drop nuclear weapons on innocent children. I do have some morals.
May I add that I never even considered the Law, politics or journalism.
There are moral architects just as there are similar lawyers etc.
An immoral lawyer might accept money to help people avoid the proper consequences of their actions.
An 'immoral' architect could use the client's money to build a memorial to him (or, let's face it, her) self. Intellectual architects can also talk and write a lot of rubbish - known as 'archiwank'.
I always thought there was little chance for dodgery in the practice or discussion of engineering, and that engineers were therefore all 'stout fellows'.
Immoral engineering will, I suspect, include the inspector(s) who passed this mall structure as safe over the past few years. Especially given every outside expert (architects and engineers) asked to quote appears to have told him this tragedy would happen without immediate (and expensive) remedial action.
. I live near Hemel and go there frequently. My bitch with the precint (and this applies to Watford to) is lack of sheltered space outside, if that makes any sense. I just want to sit outside, under cover, roll a ciggie or two and have a sip of coffee from my flask. Is that too much to ask from a Planning Engineer?
