Caroline Quentin and Piers Taylor visit homes around the world ....today is India ...BBC 2 tonight at 8
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I might watch it
Yogi19 posted:I might watch it
Good ...then I might too Iâll see if Ros wants to join us
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:I might watch it
Good ...then I might too Iâll see if Ros wants to join us
I hope she can join us
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:I might watch it
Good ...then I might too Iâll see if Ros wants to join us
I hope she can join us
Baz posted:Ros is going to join us
Excellent.
The first episode of this series was on Portugal:
The second was on Switzerland but I haven't found a Youtube video.
The third was on Japan:
The fourth on USA is still available on iplayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b226xj
and the fifth on Spain:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2wgk5
I've found the Swiss episode on Dailymotion but embedding it won't work so you would need to watch it on their site:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6gcaia
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Have we ....I do have a vague recollection ....this is series 2 ....was it series 1 that we watched ?
El Loro posted:The first episode of this series was on Portugal:
The second was on Switzerland but I haven't found a Youtube video.The third was on Japan:
The fourth on USA is still available on iplayer:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b226xj
and the fifth on Spain:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2wgk5
Thanks El ....we will all be able to plug into those
Evening everyone
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Have we ....I do have a vague recollection ....this is series 2 ....was it series 1 that we watched ?
I think we might have watched it.
Baz posted:Oh yes ...I remember her grey hair
Yes, it was a talking point
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Have we ....I do have a vague recollection ....this is series 2 ....was it series 1 that we watched ?
I think we might have watched it.
Yes ...the scadinavian one rings a bell
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Oh yes ...I remember her grey hair
Yes, it was a talking point
Yes
hibazzy yogi
Must be scary, driving over there.
Rocking Ros posted:hibazzy yogi
Hi Ros
fancy Mumbai being full of millionaires
Baz posted:Somewhere Iâve never had the inclination to go
Mr Y would like to go. I donât fancy it at all.
Hiya all.
Yes, I've watched this with someone on here or maybe more than someone. Did it not follow Grand Designs?
Rocking Ros posted:fancy Mumbai being full of millionaires
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Hiya all.
Yes, I've watched this with someone on here or maybe more than someone. Did it not follow Grand Designs?
Yes, `Yogi and I have decided we have watched it at some point
If there is one thing I have noticed in a lot of these programmes and that is concrete seems to be a popular building material.
Baz posted:Like the scenery , but not the outside of the house
Itâs not very pretty
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Hiya all.
Yes, I've watched this with someone on here or maybe more than someone. Did it not follow Grand Designs?
Yes, `Yogi and I have decided we have watched it at some point
Do you remember them in that Hollywood directors house and the one in Spain built into the hillside?
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
If there is one thing I have noticed in a lot of these programmes and that is concrete seems to be a popular building material.
Yes , not for me though
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Hiya all.
Yes, I've watched this with someone on here or maybe more than someone. Did it not follow Grand Designs?
Yes, `Yogi and I have decided we have watched it at some point
Do you remember them in that Hollywood directors house and the one in Spain built into the hillside?
Not sure
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Somewhere Iâve never had the inclination to go
Mr Y would like to go. I donât fancy it at all.
nor me-know somebody who went -took continual Imodium
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
Hiya all.
Yes, I've watched this with someone on here or maybe more than someone. Did it not follow Grand Designs?
Yes, `Yogi and I have decided we have watched it at some point
Do you remember them in that Hollywood directors house and the one in Spain built into the hillside?
I remember
I like mangos
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
If there is one thing I have noticed in a lot of these programmes and that is concrete seems to be a popular building material.
Yes , not for me though
nor me- not keen on that house TBH
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
If there is one thing I have noticed in a lot of these programmes and that is concrete seems to be a popular building material.
Yes , not for me though
I think it can work, but needs to be used thoughtfully.
Baz posted:I donât like the idea of the flower heads in my bath
This one isnât floating my boat, Iâm afraid.
if you have seen it are you watching it again???
Rocking Ros posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
If there is one thing I have noticed in a lot of these programmes and that is concrete seems to be a popular building material.
Yes , not for me though
nor me- not keen on that house TBH
Nor me ..nice views though
Not the best view either.
Rocking Ros posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
If there is one thing I have noticed in a lot of these programmes and that is concrete seems to be a popular building material.
Yes , not for me though
nor me- not keen on that house TBH
Snap Ros
Yogi19 posted:This one isnât floating my boat, Iâm afraid.
nor me don't like it
Very high ceilings
rug is nice in the bedroom
It looks a bit smoggy.
Rocking Ros posted:if you have seen it are you watching it again???
No, weâve not seen this one Ros ...itâs a series
Yogi19 posted:This one isnât floating my boat, Iâm afraid.
Nor me ...donât think we will buy this one ...eh
Rocking Ros posted:rug is nice in the bedroom
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
It looks a bit smoggy.
I see an Eames chair.
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:This one isnât floating my boat, Iâm afraid.
Nor me ...donât think we will buy this one ...eh
Nah, we need to shop around a bit more
Baz posted:His feet are dirty
You noticed too?
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I see an Eames chair.
Where
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:This one isnât floating my boat, Iâm afraid.
Nor me ...donât think we will buy this one ...eh
Nah, we need to shop around a bit more
Yeah ....Iâm still living in that Swiss spa
Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I see an Eames chair.
Where
She sat on it just after I said it.
Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Yogi19 posted:This one isnât floating my boat, Iâm afraid.
Nor me ...donât think we will buy this one ...eh
Nah, we need to shop around a bit more
Yeah ....Iâm still living in that Swiss spa
Yes, that was special
Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:if you have seen it are you watching it again???
No, weâve not seen this one Ros ...itâs a series
phew thought you had seen the series
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Yogi19 posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I see an Eames chair.
Where
She sat on it just after I said it.
Ah, that one
Baz posted:It does ..it looks like a flyover
Rocking Ros posted:Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:if you have seen it are you watching it again???
No, weâve not seen this one Ros ...itâs a series
phew thought you had seen the series
No Weâve missed the others of this series ..but El has posted some links in the first page so if we get bored one evening we can always watch them
Baz posted:It does ..it looks like a flyover
It is very 'Ballardian'.
hi EC
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:It does ..it looks like a flyover
It is very 'Ballardian'.
If you say so
Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:if you have seen it are you watching it again???
No, weâve not seen this one Ros ...itâs a series
phew thought you had seen the series
No Weâve missed the others of this series ..but El has posted some links in the first page so if we get bored one evening we can always watch them
brilliant
Rocking Ros posted:hi EC
Eyup Ros
nothing attractive about it at all
Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:It does ..it looks like a flyover
It is very 'Ballardian'.
If you say so
Glad Iâm not the only one who didnât have a clue
Rocking Ros posted:nothing attractive about it at all
I agree
Nice neighbourhood. !!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Rocking Ros posted:hi EC
Eyup Ros
Rocking Ros posted:Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:if you have seen it are you watching it again???
No, weâve not seen this one Ros ...itâs a series
phew thought you had seen the series
No Weâve missed the others of this series ..but El has posted some links in the first page so if we get bored one evening we can always watch them
brilliant
No need for Catch Up
this looks like a factory/industrialised or hydro water plant at first glance
Are there no walls?
Rocking Ros posted:this looks like a factory/industrialised or hydro water plant at first glance
Now see I quite like this one
Rocking Ros posted:this looks like a factory/industrialised or hydro water plant at first glance
Baz posted:Thatâs more like it
not keen on this either TBH but better than the other one
Nice view
Ah, glass walls
Baz posted:Rocking Ros posted:this looks like a factory/industrialised or hydro water plant at first glance
Now see I quite like this one
its better than the first one and parts are pretty
that dining area was nice
Baz posted:I bet itâs noisy when it rains though
Yes
Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:It does ..it looks like a flyover
It is very 'Ballardian'.
If you say so
Glad Iâm not the only one who didnât have a clue
J. G. Ballard, a writer who influenced the music of a couple of my favourite artists. In terms of one artist, concrete was an ever present theme. His works have been turned into films which you may have heard of two being Crash and the more recent High Rise.
Acclaimed writer JG Ballard derived inspiration from aspects of the built environment that architectural convention and critics tend to overlook. His novels offer many insights into the flaws and consequences of the shopping centres, car parks, hotels, office towers and housing projects that make up so much of contemporary architectural endeavour. This forum traces several themes in Ballardâs literary analysis of the contemporary built environment, including the concept of spectacle and role of the media in contemporary society, and how âinvisible literaturesâ such as scientific journals, technical manuals, pornography, advertising copy can be seen as a literary counterpart to pop art and the âbrutalistâ aesthetic of modernity.
Three longer papers are followed by a series of brief but powerful commentaries which each open up particular insights into Ballardâs work, and together explore how Ballardâs perceptions may challenge and inform contemporary architecture.
Hope that explains my comment.
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Yogi19 posted:Baz posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:Baz posted:It does ..it looks like a flyover
It is very 'Ballardian'.
If you say so
Glad Iâm not the only one who didnât have a clue
J. G. Ballard, a writer who influenced the music of a couple of my favourite artists. In terms of one artist, concrete was an ever present theme. His works have been turned into films which you may have heard of two being Crash and the more recent High Rise.
Acclaimed writer JG Ballard derived inspiration from aspects of the built environment that architectural convention and critics tend to overlook. His novels offer many insights into the flaws and consequences of the shopping centres, car parks, hotels, office towers and housing projects that make up so much of contemporary architectural endeavour. This forum traces several themes in Ballardâs literary analysis of the contemporary built environment, including the concept of spectacle and role of the media in contemporary society, and how âinvisible literaturesâ such as scientific journals, technical manuals, pornography, advertising copy can be seen as a literary counterpart to pop art and the âbrutalistâ aesthetic of modernity.
Three longer papers are followed by a series of brief but powerful commentaries which each open up particular insights into Ballardâs work, and together explore how Ballardâs perceptions may challenge and inform contemporary architecture.
Hope that explains my comment.
Thank you