The architect has convinced me that these fake blocked up windows were blocked up under William lll, not …

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  2. Pre-fabricated walls built off site and shipped/slotted into place?

    Ugly, but what do they care

  4. It’s a bit of a myth that windows were bricked up due to window tax. There’s likely nothing where those windows would be to benefit; a cupboard or bathroom, say.

    Instead, it just makes the wall look a little less drab. Imagine the entire thing as an uninterrupted brick sheet and those little touches make it a lot more attractive: https://www.glasgowworld.com/retro/what-is-behind-glasgows-bricked-up-tenement-windows-3910529#:~:text=In%20actuality%2C%20the%20bricked%20up,maintain%20the%20buildings'%20symmetrical%20facades.

  6. I don’t know the site context, but is this a temporary measure to improve appearances, until the site next door is developed?

  8. Perhaps the windows peek into another building next door? But in fairness, if I were on a lower floor, I could see into the next tower and they into mine. So it’s odd these are blocked up.

  9. AS in the prince of Orange?

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    Does this building look like it’s from the 17th century to you

  12. They’re blind windows? You get them in modern developments, you get them in [Georgian development](https://www.google.com/maps/@51.4919791,-0.1547461,3a,33.3y,5.75h,99.91t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sMYbxKcfBACW6KZ8nvL-DVw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DMYbxKcfBACW6KZ8nvL-DVw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D55.052753%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu), you get them everywhere. It creates articulation and interest in an otherwise blank facade but there were never going to be windows there.

  14. It’s bollox, could’ve just had a brickwork relief or wrap around balcony , I hate fake blocked up windows, an excuse for design, how about a green living wall?? Lazy design reeks of the UK shitsow housing crisis and hollow commercial developments

  16. I like the narrow side windows too, created for longbow archers

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