Comments on: Southwark Towers – TP Bennett & Son, London Bridge Station http://www.therubbleclub.com/2009/06/southwark-towers-tp-bennett-son-shard-london/ Buildings demolished in their architect's lifetime Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:48:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Cole http://www.therubbleclub.com/2009/06/southwark-towers-tp-bennett-son-shard-london/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Tom Cole Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:36:55 +0000 http://www.therubbleclub.com/?p=217#comment-152 Give me a break! I work at London bridge, and that building was fugly! It was also incidentally forever messing up my do in the morning as the wind it created at street level was phenomenal. I'm not sad to see it go + Guy's Hospital tower is far more interesting, the way it looms menancingly over London Bridge.. quite dramatic. Give me a break! I work at London bridge, and that building was fugly! It was also incidentally forever messing up my do in the morning as the wind it created at street level was phenomenal. I’m not sad to see it go + Guy’s Hospital tower is far more interesting, the way it looms menancingly over London Bridge.. quite dramatic.

]]> By: Robert Doyle http://www.therubbleclub.com/2009/06/southwark-towers-tp-bennett-son-shard-london/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Robert Doyle Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:47:33 +0000 http://www.therubbleclub.com/?p=217#comment-78 Having worked for a couple of years around there, and used London Bridge station every day, I certainly agree that it was the best of the modern buildings in the area. In winter it acted as a beacon over the station. Unfortunately, its quality was much more difficult to perceive after the meretricious corporate 1990s makeover of the lobby for PwC. Were Bennett's also responsible for the space frame over the adjacent station concourse? I remember it originally having a rather funky yellow-lime green colour scheme which was then obliterated when Network SouthEast painted everything in their house red? Declaration of interest: I was subsequently on a committee with Stephen Furnell for a couple of years, and only discovered his involvement when someone mentioned the Shard. Having worked for a couple of years around there, and used London Bridge station every day, I certainly agree that it was the best of the modern buildings in the area. In winter it acted as a beacon over the station. Unfortunately, its quality was much more difficult to perceive after the meretricious corporate 1990s makeover of the lobby for PwC.

Were Bennett’s also responsible for the space frame over the adjacent station concourse? I remember it originally having a rather funky yellow-lime green colour scheme which was then obliterated when Network SouthEast painted everything in their house red?

Declaration of interest: I was subsequently on a committee with Stephen Furnell for a couple of years, and only discovered his involvement when someone mentioned the Shard.

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