I'm sorry that Jeff chooses to take umbrage at criticism from members of the public. I do not and never have puported to be an expert on art but that is not the question or the issue. This thread has asked for comments from local people on a proposed planning application and in my 'role' as a local person I have given my opinion. Its a shame that the right of local people to say what they do or do not like is not accepted without having to provide justification. Unfortunately like many people I neither have a degree in art or architecture so I do not know how to express my views in the manner which you seem to expect. I visit galleries and museums and know what art I like and what I do not like. Its a long time since I became bothered about not having the right words to describe art. That is not my problem to be honest. Things either look ok to me or they don't. Whats more important to me is functionality,being fit for purpose, and appropriateness in its setting.

My view is I think refreshingly simple; I do not like the proposed design. As described previously it looks like its guiding aircraft in to land on Westbourne Drive. I also do not give a hoot about the views of Terry Farrell or Richard Rogers, both of whom have their own critics. They don't live here.

It seems perhaps that I am one of the few people who don't really see why Forest Hill needs a architectural landmark. But it already has anyway- the Horniman Museum. When I went to Barcelona some years ago there was an exhibition on modernism in Europe and the main exhibit happened to be the Horniman- not as you might have expected one of the many gems of Brussels or Barcelona itself.