Something old, something new

So this is the choice we are making. The top photo is one of the 1960's Haygate tower blocks, of which there are five in total, which are due to be demolished. The lower image is a sample of what is to replace them. The Haygate I believe was designed and built by the GLC, the cities architects, and was to be a series of linked estates that would run from the Elephant to Peckham. The modern building is designed by Piers Gough, who up until now has been a favourite architect of mine, that is until I got to see inside one of his earlier designs, The Circle, at Tower Bridge. My problem with his current design is that it looks like a beach front hotel, something you may see in Miami, and not south London. As this is the first development in what could be an eight year long construction phase. Come back this time in ten years and see how it fits in with the new buildings, and after the facade has weathered in.