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The landmark buildings that never were 
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paulzolo
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This is an interesting article.

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The recently opened Shard is already a familiar landmark on the London skyline, but how might the UK's urban landscapes look if some of the most architecturally ambitious plans of past centuries had been fully realised?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18960478

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Even though LIverpool didn’t get this building, it reminds me of Koekelberg Basilica in Brussels, which was the cheap option when the original planned Gothic monstrosity proved too expensive.
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L1010356 by hairydalek, on Flickr

Anyway, London’s Pyramid of Death?
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Fancy a thread title change?

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Very 8-)

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This has become a bit of a joke at work. We've been circulating these photos and adding our own projects at the end :)
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I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.

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I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.

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Sounds like a Doctor Who location.

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Done (earlier today - I had to be out fairly sharpish this morning).

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james016 wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.
Sounds like a Doctor Who location.
They should so do that.

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timark_uk wrote:
james016 wrote:
timark_uk wrote:
I love the idea of that Pyramid of Death.
Sounds like a Doctor Who location.
They should so do that.

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Done!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HKmcojL ... ure=fvwrel

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Done!
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It's not really the same though, the one you linked to was a sort of prison, no?

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