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The debate saw mayoral hopefuls from the four main political parties answer questions about city design and the climate challenge.
Asked whether new buildings should be adaptable enough to meet future needs, Watson said Bristol needed “good, quality buildings” that will last and can be retrofitted in the future.
“If we build cheap or ones that aren’t stylish they will get knocked down,” he said. “We see that in our city.
“I’ve seen the pictures of what the new library at the university is going to look like in a rather nice heritage area of the city, and I don’t think two square cubes on top of each other just slightly shifted is, what for me, is going to be a lasting building of any beauty in the city.
Bristol mayoral candidates slug it out in hustings on housing, city design and climate
Candidates promised to “channel former mayor George Ferguson, build a youth rowing club, turn Bristol into a “15-minute city” and build thousands of new homes
15:44, 12 APR 2021
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Bristol mayoral candidates from the four main political parties have variously promised to “channel former mayor George Ferguson, build a youth rowing club, turn Bristol into a “15-minute city” and build thousands of new homes.
Tory mayoral candidate slams university library design and calls for stylish European architecture
Alastair Watson said the University of Bristol s new library would not be a lasting building of any beauty
17:07, 12 APR 2021
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The Tory candidate to become Bristol s next elected mayor has slammed the design plans for a major new library in Clifton and called for more stylish buildings in the city.