From New Zealand- (with video)Prominent British and Australian architecture critics have ridiculed plans for a modern Christ Church Cathedral, labelling one of the options "vulgar" and "bizarre".
Kieran Long, senior curator of contemporary architecture at the Victoria & Albert Museum, is among a chorus of critics from around the world rubbishing two of the three proposals, favouring restoration of the cathedral.
Anglican leaders this week revealed three designs, including restoration, a reinterpretation of the original cathedral in modern materials, and a completely new building.
An Anglican diocese spokesman said they welcomed the debate, but were more interested in feedback from people who "work and live around the city".
Long said: "The modern gothic reconstruction [traditional] is architecturally illiterate and looks from the image like something from the wild west - a kind of stage set or screen . . . If built, it would be a travesty," he wrote.
"If I had to choose now, though, I would strongly advocate rebuilding the original cathedral. It is the only piece of architecture of these three that will have enduring meaning. It would speak of continuity, which is surely something valuable in a city like Christchurch today."
More here-
http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/the-rebuild/8516508/Critics-slate-bizarre-new-cathedral
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