RAF Museum Unveils the Battle of Britain Beacon

#1 08-31-2010, 11:52 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7BMs...eature=channel

Thunderbolt56 · #2 08-31-2010, 12:39 PM

Very cool.

philip.ed · #3 08-31-2010, 12:56 PM

Looking at that makes me think just of the BoB

seriously, I said this when I first saw the plans and I still stand by and say that it looks like a crock of shit. They could have designed something that at least made you think of the 1940's, I don't know, a design that looked like a comm's tower or something. Inside it doesn't look too bad, but I really detest this design.

swiss · #4 08-31-2010, 01:19 PM

1st: I kinda like it and I guess they need more exhibition space too.

2nd: They are nuts!
I've been there, and this really is not the neighborhood for such a huge(tall) building. It just wont fit.

I just realised: Isn't that the place where they have the wright factory right now?

Feuerfalke · #5 08-31-2010, 02:55 PM

As an urban planner I'm stunned how invasive this design is and as posters already said: It's a very modern design that does not fit the interior utilization nor the intended exterior representation. The view from the motorway makes it look like a new nuclear power-plant being constructed there, not like it had anything to do with aviation or the Battle of Britain.

These monuments are much more appealing and iconic, IMHO:

On a personal note: What message do they want to send, creating yet another memorial for a battle that happened 60 years ago?