Broadcasting Place has been named best tall building in the world.
The home of our Faculty of Art, Environment & Technology has been given the prestigious title by a council of global architects, the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Earlier this year the American organisation selected the four best tallest buildings erected in 2010 from four world regions: Europe, Middle East/Africa, Asia/Australasia and Americas, with Broadcasting Place being the choice for Europe. (more)
I’ve said it before, but how in the hell does this keep happening!? There’s more images here. If anyone likes the look of this building, could you please tell me why? I’m genuinely interested because I’ve not heard one good thing about it from the people of Leeds.
Angela Merkel: those are not arrows, they are signs of the devil
Ugh, I can’t believe Angela Merkel is saying all this stuff about multiculturalism. I have to give a talk on Turkey and the European Union in a few weeks and the Turkish Gastarbeiter are supposed to be a key part of it. Bad enough Turkey decides it wants to change their constitution, now Angie decides she wants in on this global conspiracy to make me do more work. UGH.
‘Freakish’ Leeds tower slips into bracket of top four in world for 2010
How does this keep happening!?
Student Loan time again. It’s simultaneously the most humiliating (like when my LEA rung me up not believing our household income was so low, which was nice) and stressful (pushing my mother to get her shit together, which is nigh on impossible)
Joy.