[BNM] Huge Gehry towers in Hove

[Tom Dussek (Hotmail)]

And it is such a shame that the original vision has been diluted so 
much. I saw the model at Hove Town Hall and it has clearly had the dead 
hand of consensus resting hard upon its shoulder.

Tom Dussek

Dave Child wrote:
>> Does anyone living in Hove want this development?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> I was working for the council doing data entry when the survey that went  
> out about the three proposals came back a few years ago.
> 
> The Gehry proposal was the only one of the three to include a temporary  
> pool for Hove while construction went on.
> It was the only one that went for height rather than width - the other  
> proposals would have obliterated the seafront with squat, even dumpy,  
> blocks.
> It was the only one which mixed affordable and premium housing together -  
> the others had the two separate (bad, in my opinion).
> It was the only one to include a "winter garden", which those who replied  
> to the council survey seemed to love the idea of.
> It was the only one - by far - that might attract visitors to Brighton and  
> Hove in its own right.
> 
> It was the only one that could be said to be a unique, iconic, original  
> piece of design. I couldn't think of anywhere better for it.
> 
> Dave
>