General Interest

Nominate a building; which contemporary local building gets your vote as the best in Surrey and Sussex ? Tell us where - and why.

Eva Denker
The question: Will developments like the Frank Gehry project be admired or an eyesore in the future? My answer: IT WILL BE AN EYESORE AND CREATE A LOT OF PROBLEMS FOR HOVE AND THEIR CURRENT RESIDENTS! How the project could be agreed is a mistery and there are many questions not answered. We have grave concerns. We understand and endorse the need for change but not this project. A full review is needed before it is taken any further. Other projects in Brighton and Hove are accepable.

Tony Cave
The entire seafront (including Marine Court) from St Leonards Marine Court to Hastings Pier & the White Rock Theatre. This whole stretch is a virtually intact (though sadly neglected) of Art Deco/Moderne architecture from the late 1920's/early 1930s and is unique in that it has a coherence borne out of the fact that Hastings Borough Council redesigned that whole stretch of the seafront in a modernist style in order to boost the fortunes of what was then an ailing seaside resort and to encourage those visitors who would be attracted to a modern up-to-date resort. It is the only example of any completeness in the UK where Art Deco was supported and built by a local authority rather than private enterprise and for that reason alone is worthy of preservation and better treatment that it's receiving at the present from the same local authority that had the inspiration to put it there in the first place