The Samphire Tower
Did you ever wonder what they did with all the spoil they dug out to create the Channel Tunnel? The answer is they used the 4.9millions cubic metres of chalk marl to create Samphire Hoe, in Kent, England’s newest landmass. The land is dominated by a new tower, Samphire Tower, a 33ft high [...]
Archive for October, 2007
Out to See in Kent
Posted in Folly-esque, Modern Folly, tagged Modern Folly, observation, sea, Tower, viewing on October 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Stumping about in Lincolnshire
Posted in Folly-esque, Modern Folly, Uncategorized, tagged Modern Folly, viewing platform on October 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Boston Pendulum
Two themes have converged of late in these pages – bikes and the flat Lincolnshire coast of England’s eastern seaboard.
Back in September I blogged about the Nonument – a bike shed in the seaside resort of Schrevenige, in Holland (this is the spelling on the architects’ website but a Dutch friend tells me [...]
A Modern “folly” tower for the Millennium
Posted in Modern Folly, Retro folly, Uncategorized, tagged architecture, Folly, observation, Tower on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Hurlestone Tower, Lilburn, Northumberland
Several new folly towers were put up to commemorate the new Millennium in 2000. This tower, at Lilburn in Northumberland is again, not really a folly as it is designed as an observation point and a venue for conferences and meetings. (There are even, whisper it, kitchen units inside.)
Nevertheless it is very [...]
More Bathing Beauty Beach Huts…..
Posted in Build Your Own, Folly-esque, Modern Folly, Uncategorized, tagged architecture, beach hut, Folly, shed on October 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Halcyon Hut by Atelier NU Montreal (Quebec)
Well I couldn’t resist, the beach huts in the competition at Mablethorpe last month are so scrummy that I have put up some more pictures (and to hell with the storage implications).
Left: Eyes Wide sHut Right: Jabba the Hut
by Feix&Merlin London by i-am associates London
Enjoy!
May- zee
Can a Beach Hut ever be a Folly?
Posted in Build Your Own, Folly-esque, Modern Folly, Uncategorized, tagged architecture, beach hut, Folly, shed on October 17, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Article from Building Design – the Architects website
Building Design – the Architects website
by Mike Oades 5 October 2007
What looks like a stripey, tactile pear nestles gently in the sand dunes at Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. Nearby, an ornate hut-sized mirror offers reflections of the sea. On the promenade is a giant glass of gin and tonic. [...]
Power Spot lures lunch time bankers
Posted in Folly-esque, Modern Folly, tagged Egyptian, Greek, pillars, Roman, Temple on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Upper Room, Esplanade/Albany Street, Manhattan, New York
For the past few years a major reclamation and restoration effort has been going along around the south western edge of Manhattan Island in New York. A series of public parks have been built along the waterfront of the Hudson river, starting from the Battery park by the [...]
Monument to a lost love
Posted in Folly-esque, Retro folly, Uncategorized, tagged Folly, Tower on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Alster Tower, Boldt Castle, St Lawrence River, September 2007
OK so it isn’t strictly a modern folly but it is a nineteenth century one which, after over 70 years of dereliction, started to undergo a major restoration in 1977. And the transformation has been remarkable.
At the turn-of-the-century, George C. Boldt, millionaire proprietor of the world famous Waldorf [...]
