Caption Competition
Winning entries in the Caption Competition.
The competition is now closed.
This week it was German artists Evo's replica of the estate where he lives in East Berlin. It's on display at his first British exhibition, being held in London.
Thanks to all who entered. The prize of a small amount of kudos to the following:
6. Rob Falconer wrote:
And they pulled down a row of Lego Georgian town-houses for this?
5. SkarloeyLine wrote:
Estate Modern
4. eattherich wrote:
The stage is set for this year's Annual Architect's Christmas Shakespeare Production. This year, Tower Hamlet.
3. Candace9839 wrote:
And I see the gent in 1307 has forgotten to draw the shades again.
2. Steve-0 wrote:
The Richard Dawkin's advent calendar somwehat lacked the Christmas spirit.
1. Kieran Boyle wrote:
On her return to Wonderland Alice just couldn't believe what the planners had allowed.
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Comment number 1.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Resistance is futile
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Comment number 2.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:And I see the gent in 1307 has forgotten to draw the shades again
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Comment number 3.
At 1st Dec 2011, Gray Gable wrote:Instead of increasing the rents, what we’ve done is to reduce the size of your flats. Clever, eh?
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Comment number 4.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pendragon wrote:Home for um gnome
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At 1st Dec 2011, Raven Clare wrote:No wonder my ceiling's leaking - there's no roof
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Comment number 6.
At 1st Dec 2011, Gray Gable wrote:Work was progressing nicely on Mr Abramovich’s dollhouse..
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Comment number 7.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Well no wonder the roof leaks.
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Comment number 8.
At 1st Dec 2011, rogueslr wrote:Evo always had problems with millimeters and imperial measures.
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Comment number 9.
At 1st Dec 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Eye-rise development
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Comment number 10.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pendragon wrote:The lift's broken again - you'll have to get a ladder
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Comment number 11.
At 1st Dec 2011, rogueslr wrote:Just another example of Evo schtick.
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Comment number 12.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:I'm standing in the wine cellar
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Comment number 13.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pendragon wrote:Would you Adam and Evo it?
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Comment number 14.
At 1st Dec 2011, rogueslr wrote:Just another example of Evo chic.
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Comment number 15.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:After the wall came down, we knew it wasn't earthquake proof
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Comment number 16.
At 1st Dec 2011, beachcred wrote:Council finds novel ways to beat spending cuts - smaller flats and fewer roofs
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Comment number 17.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:Just another trick in the wall
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Comment number 18.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pendragon wrote:And this is where Superman was brought up - Smallville
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Comment number 19.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:The good news is, our engineers have solved the rising damp problem.
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Comment number 20.
At 1st Dec 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Evo unveils his "Condo-minimum"
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Comment number 21.
At 1st Dec 2011, Candace9839 wrote:To illuminate or not to illuminate, that is the question.
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Comment number 22.
At 1st Dec 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:"Cool new outfit, Gaga."
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Comment number 23.
At 1st Dec 2011, Raven Clare wrote:So, paper roofs don't work ...
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Comment number 24.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Yes, and a river could run through it actually.
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Comment number 25.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pendragon wrote:Unfortunately, London's town planners hadn't realised Evo's plans were on a scale of 1-to-1
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Comment number 26.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pendragon wrote:They should have left the Berlin Wall and pulled this down instead
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Comment number 27.
At 1st Dec 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:When the exhibit was finally removed, David Hasselhoff was there to put on a concert
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Comment number 28.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Trabant parking in the lower levels of course
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Comment number 29.
At 1st Dec 2011, Raven Clare wrote:You call that an apartment block? Fred Dibnah could blow that up with two Catherine wheels.
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Comment number 30.
At 1st Dec 2011, Raven Clare wrote:Welcome to Lego HQ
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Comment number 31.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Don't jump! They've sort of reached a deal on the debt crisis...
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Comment number 32.
At 1st Dec 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:"No glass ceiling? And I bet there's an all-female shortlist for East Berlin Sports Personality of the Year, too."
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Comment number 33.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Finally, Gulliver's dreams were answered.
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Comment number 34.
At 1st Dec 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:And this is George Orwell House
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Comment number 35.
At 1st Dec 2011, Catherine O wrote:First we take your pensions, then your jobs, then we house you in a tower block you can't even throw yourself off.
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Comment number 36.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Party on the rooftop?!
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Comment number 37.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I told you his music was up too loud
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Comment number 38.
At 1st Dec 2011, guyinjapan wrote:Communism's big brother has been replaced with friendlier little sister
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Comment number 39.
At 1st Dec 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Grim apartment blocks, concrete sunflower seeds ... whatever happened to Rodin?
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Comment number 40.
At 1st Dec 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:More brutalist even than Joe Frazier
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Comment number 41.
At 1st Dec 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:It's part of Evo's nativity scene - No Roof at the Inn
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Comment number 42.
At 1st Dec 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Of course there's no roof - it's to deter pigeons
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Comment number 43.
At 1st Dec 2011, Kieran Boyle wrote:On her return to Wonderland Alice just couldn't believe what the planners had allowed.
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Comment number 44.
At 1st Dec 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Evo is really hard-hearted and vicious - in fact, utterly roofless
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Comment number 45.
At 1st Dec 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:And they pulled down a row of Lego Georgian town-houses for this?
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Comment number 46.
At 1st Dec 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:Yes, Kate Moss and Linda Evangelista live here - it's a model village
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Comment number 47.
At 1st Dec 2011, MagnumCarter wrote:King Kong thought he'd use the morning sunshine to show off his new highlights.
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Comment number 48.
At 1st Dec 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:"And the second block is for the residents' dogs - it's a Bauwauhaus."
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Comment number 49.
At 1st Dec 2011, johnc wrote:Only Fools and Horses. The unseen episode, "Attack of the 50 foot Cassandra".
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Comment number 50.
At 1st Dec 2011, MagnumCarter wrote:"Um, the advert promised there'd be lots of stories. This wasn't what I had in mind."
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Comment number 51.
At 1st Dec 2011, Polly S wrote:Gulliver's daughter found Lilliput mildly interesting
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Comment number 52.
At 1st Dec 2011, johnc wrote:And this year's must-have toy for Christmas? Ultimate Monopoly!
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Comment number 53.
At 1st Dec 2011, Polly S wrote:How did you get in there in the first place?
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Comment number 54.
At 1st Dec 2011, johnc wrote:The stage is set for this year's Annual Architect's Christmas Shakespeare Production. This year, Tower Hamlet.
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Comment number 55.
At 1st Dec 2011, JimmyG wrote:Warwick Davis' new appartment blocks were a big hit!
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Comment number 56.
At 1st Dec 2011, JimmyG wrote:With escalating rent prices, there was only one left place for the rats to go...
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Comment number 57.
At 1st Dec 2011, johnc wrote:Problems continue for Mary, Mungo and Midge, The Musical. So far, only Mary has been cast.
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Comment number 58.
At 1st Dec 2011, johnc wrote:Channel 4 slash the Grand Designs budget.
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Comment number 59.
At 1st Dec 2011, JimmyG wrote:"...and how much would it be WITH the roof?"
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Comment number 60.
At 1st Dec 2011, JimmyG wrote:Global warming had a rather unexpected effect on Lapland...
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Comment number 61.
At 1st Dec 2011, Rob Falconer wrote:It was the last time Ronnie Corbett would be put in charge of designing a block of flats
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Comment number 62.
At 1st Dec 2011, Dragndrop wrote:Alice wasn't too sure she approved of the White Rabbit's new warren.
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Comment number 63.
At 1st Dec 2011, throbgusset wrote:"Germany falling ...Germany falling"
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Comment number 64.
At 1st Dec 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Walter Gropius? No, he never touched me.
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Comment number 65.
At 1st Dec 2011, throbgusset wrote:I said I *liked* it on a scale of 1 to 10 ...not to *build* it on a scale of 1 to 10
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Comment number 66.
At 1st Dec 2011, Polly S wrote:Helen Skelton rolled her eyes at the latest make - "Here's one I made earlier" indeed!
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Comment number 67.
At 1st Dec 2011, throbgusset wrote:I see her at number 34's got a new lodger ...AND a new sofa
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Comment number 68.
At 1st Dec 2011, Vicky S wrote:The only thing little Lulu could think was that her lettter to Father Christmas had somehow crossed with one meant for MM and that at that very moment the Magazine Monitorites were arranging her longed for Sylvanian Family characters in their new home.
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Comment number 69.
At 1st Dec 2011, Vicky S wrote:"Well it'll look better when the landscaping goes in - the breaker's yard have promised to deliver the wrecks tomorrow."
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Comment number 70.
At 1st Dec 2011, Irish-Di wrote:Julie had money against Santa managing it.
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Comment number 71.
At 1st Dec 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:"Evo insisted on no roofing - he's still very anti-thatcher."
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Comment number 72.
At 1st Dec 2011, Vicky S wrote:New EU Health and Safety Guidelines for Windowcleaners had an immediate effect on urban design briefs.
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Comment number 73.
At 1st Dec 2011, Reeve Burgess wrote:Kevin McCloud featured the new high-rise senior citizens' home on "Gran Designs"
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Comment number 74.
At 1st Dec 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:No wonder Superman was able to leap tall buildings in a single bound!
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Comment number 75.
At 1st Dec 2011, Dyeb wrote:Evo's Stick Pad
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Comment number 76.
At 1st Dec 2011, PPD wrote:´óÏó´«Ã½ to remake classic goodies episode
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Comment number 77.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I spy with my little eye something that rhymes with blotters!
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Comment number 78.
At 1st Dec 2011, SkarloeyLine wrote:The Christmas Architectural Fair. Or as the staff were calling it, Santa's Grotty.
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Comment number 79.
At 1st Dec 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:Don't worry - when the exhibition's over, we'll give this the old 'eave 'o
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Comment number 80.
At 1st Dec 2011, Mark S wrote:Looks like the cleaner didn't sweep up the debris under it properly.
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Comment number 81.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pitpony29 wrote:"On the plus side, it's nice to see the East Germany Big Issue taking on so many extra sellers."
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Comment number 82.
At 1st Dec 2011, Gurney Nutting wrote:If Evo had been English, this would have been called "Dark Satanic Mills"
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Comment number 83.
At 1st Dec 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:It was the last time Lisa would let Homer build a doll's house for her
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At 1st Dec 2011, Mark S wrote:I'm just looking for a roof over my head, and it certainly seems to be a model housing estate...
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Comment number 85.
At 1st Dec 2011, Pitpony29 wrote:Who's have thought that "dystopia" means "without a roof"?
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Comment number 86.
At 1st Dec 2011, SteveDave wrote:Bijou modern airy apartment available. Would suit imp/elf/fairy or other mythical creature of small stature. No pets no DSS.
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At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:What?! No penthouse suite?
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Comment number 88.
At 1st Dec 2011, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:Makes landing the helicopter a bit of a challenge.
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Comment number 89.
At 1st Dec 2011, grazvalentine wrote:It's a chip off the old block.
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Comment number 90.
At 1st Dec 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:If the artist actually lives here, I think we can forgive him his creations
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Comment number 91.
At 1st Dec 2011, grazvalentine wrote:"Rapunzel! RAPUNZEL!!"
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At 1st Dec 2011, Pitpony29 wrote:Unison offer to design Jeremy Clarkson's new home.
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At 1st Dec 2011, GuitarKate wrote:Young person in Year 2020 marvels at the kind of luxury people used to live in.
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Comment number 94.
At 1st Dec 2011, GuitarKate wrote:"So which one does Herr Del Boy and Rodney live in?"
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Comment number 95.
At 1st Dec 2011, Valerie Ganne wrote:Under the Government's new benefits scheme, Shirley could move up to a better class of cardboard box
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At 1st Dec 2011, GuitarKate wrote:Sir Michael Caine, "How many times have I to tell you. Just blow the blooming dorrs off!"
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At 1st Dec 2011, BaldoBingham wrote:Alice vowed to stick to Smirnoff in future and leave other new drinks alone.
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At 1st Dec 2011, BeckySnow wrote:As well as panoramic views the flat comes with a giant cat flap - perfect for those with an exotic zoo.
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At 1st Dec 2011, That Guy wrote:This is East Berlin? Looks more like Central London to me...
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At 1st Dec 2011, Vicky S wrote:There have been many changes in Hobbiton since Bilbo's time.......
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