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This is the pub where Tolkien and Lewis met with their literary group the Inklings before moving across the street to the Lamb and Flag. Title made it sound li
by Isamu 2y ago
This is the pub where Tolkien and Lewis met with their literary group the Inklings before moving across the street to the Lamb and Flag.
Title made it sound like it had reopened, but
“The Eagle & Child will not reopen before 2027. Planning permission has not yet even been granted for the building conservation work, let alone the extensive restoration and revival.”
- wincy 2y agoAt least they have a very fine historically restored pub for ants built out. I always wonder how atrociously expensive the little scale models architecture firms make are, I’d imagine this one uses real tiny hardwoods on the floors and stuff as well so it’s even more eye wateringly expensive.
- throw646577 2y agoWell they are _Oxford_ ants. They are used to real hardwood floors with a coating of floor polish so storied you can do archaeology on it.
- kasey_junk 2y agoIn the US at least, most of that work is outsourced to third parties in China or low cost of labor countries. If an architectural firm has one in house it’s sending a message about just how boutique (and expensive) they are.
- cbsks 2y agoDo they still make physical models? I took an intro to architecture class in college, which was fun, but essentially just a drawing and model-making class. I would assume that most models would be digital 3d renderings now.
- toast0 2y agoAt least when my spouse wss in architecture school, these were mostly expensive in time, not materials. Things like the divided windows are a giant pain to put together. It's pretty atypical to use actual materials in the model. When you need to see the actual materials together, you just use samples at 1:1 size and either hold the individual samples near each other or at most build a small corner to illustrate where things will come together.
- arethuza 2y agoInteresting to note that C.S. Lewis and Tolkien met Arthur C. Clarke and a BIS colleague in a different bar - must have regarded it as neutral territory: 'Needless to say, neither side converted the other, and we refused to abandon our diabolical schemes of interplanetary conquest. But a fine time was had by all, and when, some hours later, we emerged a little unsteadily from the Eastgate, Dr. Lewis' parting words were "I'm sure you're very wicked people - but how dull it would be if everyone was good"'
- BoxOfRain 2y agoI wonder if the Botley Road will be reopened and the improvements to the train station will have been competed by then? I suspect they'll have been delayed by another archaeological dig when they find some artefacts left over from when the road was first closed.