Bridgemill flats (otherwise known as The Maggot)

Nairn, Scotland

The building isn't even finished yet. Dismally cheap and utilitarian four-storey blocks of flats, built as a result of some squalid trade-off between planners and developers obliged to deliver an affordable housing quota. Not just a missed opportunity, but a blight on one of the most attractive sites in the town. Looming right beside the river Nairn and thus blocking the view towards the harbour and Moray Firth, these grey blocks have destroyed the vista and prevented the creation of riverside walks and paths in what is at present largely a green area. To add insult to injury, the building is right alongside the access road to the beach and caravan park used by thousands of holidaymakers. And this eyesore is right at the eastern entrance to the town, beside the bridge on the main road along which all travellers and visitors pass daily. What a disastrous and cynical development in what was, and should be, an attractive visitor destination.

Archie Tect

Nairn needs to keep up with the times, modernisations are needed to survive, now get off your high horse and keep up, they are looking fantastic now and are gonna look great when finished

James

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