The Tricorn Centre was a shopping, nightclub and car park complex in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It was designed in the Brutalist style by Owen Luder and Rodney Gordon[1] and took its name from the site's shape which from the air resembled a tricorn hat. Constructed in the mid-1960s, it was demolished in 2004. It was home to one of the first Virgin Megastores and housed the largest Laser Quest arena in Europe.
The centre was a well-known example of 1960s architecture, and in the 1980s it was voted the 3rd ugliest building in the UK.[2] In 2001, BBC Radio 4 listeners voted it the most hated building in the UK, and Charles, Prince of Wales described it as "a mildewed lump of elephant droppings",[3] although it was much admired by others, who saw it as an irreplaceable example of Brutalist architecture. Demolition of the Tricorn began on 24 March 2004 and lasted approximately nine months. As of 2022[update], the site is a ground level car park for the city centre.
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The TricornCentre was a shopping, nightclub and car park complex in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It was designed in the Brutalist style by Owen Luder...
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an official ceremony on 29 May 2007. However, the demolition of the TricornCentre and the delay on the redevelopment of the area by Portsmouth city council...
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as the Northern Quarter, and incorporated the site of the demolished TricornCentre; that project was abandoned in 2016. List of hospitals in England "Royal...
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Beauty (website accessed: 26 August 2010) "Army School of Ceremonial". The Tricorn. 2018. p. 96. Retrieved 23 December 2020. Cole, Howard N. (1972). The Story...
Grenadiers had high fur hats, and the fusilier companies wore the standard tricorn of the French infantry. Coats and waistcoats were heavily embroidered in...
another account indicates she wore the same suit, low-cut blouse, and tricorn hat ensemble which had been picked out by her accusers for her to wear...
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