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ealier this year me and kipper went up to leeds to rescale the water tower at moortown ,north leeds. as a tearaway teenager i climbed the tower, one of the highest points in leeds. it left a memory so profound in my psyche that a return journey was always on the cards. I will post the pictures from our venture tommorrow. I have a fascination with unsung architecture. The great chunks of our environment that are considered unconsidered, at least from an aesthetic standpoint. power stations, high tension pylons, radio telescopes, oil pumps, drilling towers, refineries, milling works, predominently instrumental in character, whose shapes are the results of calculation and whose processes of developement are optically evident. They are generally buildings where anonymity is accepted to be the style. their peculiarities originate not in spite of, but because of the true lack of design. But is this possible? are we able to make a design decission that doesnt involve at least some degree of aesthetic judgement? I