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8 Architecture What is architecture? Fill in the following words into the encyclopaedia entry on architecture. structure administration cost planning art erecting pragmatic process architecture n. the  1  and science of designing and  2 buildings and other physical structures. It defines the  3  and/or behaviour of a building or any other kind of system that is to be or has been constructed. Architecture is both the  4  and product of  5  , designing and building constructions that reflect functional, technical, social and aesthetic considerations. Architecture also includes the  6  aspects of realising buildings and structures, covering scheduling,  7  estimating and construction  8  . Reading: Britain’s ugliest buildings a) Read the text about Britain’s ugliest buildings. Some parts are missing. Choose the correct part (A–H) for each gap (1–5). There are two extra parts that you should not use. Write your answers in the boxes provided. The first one (0) has been done for you. Britain’s building boom is creating some monsters. Our architecture critic trembles in the presence of the ten most horrible. …  0  This year, however, with four of the six buildings abroad, and one of the architects not even British, the headlines were not good. “Dreary buildings foreshadow bleak future for Britain”; “Shortlisted architect hits out at timid British building culture”; “Fear of risks and aversion to spending shackle UK architects”. “In Britain no one wants to take any risks,” thundered David Chipperfield, the aforementioned shortlisted architect. …  1  So, while the Stirling judges deliberate between now and October, we’re on the search for the opposite: the worst new building in Britain. These ones have caught my eye, and, in some cases, yanked it from its socket and left it bleeding. 1) Wembley Stadium, Northwest London Wembley National Stadium Ltd Architect: Foster and Partners and HOK Sport Perhaps controversial, but it’s in this list not for the construction debacle. …  2  It’s just that this is Norman Foster, one of the world’s best architects. And this is Wembley, the world’s most famous stadium. …  3  A big fat disappointment. 2) Every Matalan, Lidl, Netto, Toys ’R’ Us, drive-through KFC and McDonald’s, and retail park in the land Architect: Are you kidding? …  4  But far worse than the architectural awfulness of all of the above is the tricky drip, drip, drip effect of big-box retail development on our towns and cities. It’s bad enough dropping these monolithic sheds – designed by computer in some business park in Kansas – on the edge of town. It’s worse still when they’re wedged into town centres in the vain hope that selling cut-price knickers will yank depressed communities from the jaws of economic doom. 1  2  Fact file Stirling Prize • • British yearly award by the Royal Institute of British Architects. • • Aims to promote excellence in architecture. F 116 Art Nur zu Prüfzw cken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv