"It now appears that, in giving birth to the Gherkin, London has fathered, or rather foster-fathered, a whole brood of pickled cucumbers that is set to colonise the world." - Read
at least someone who don't call Nouvel's Agbar a St Mary Axe's clon, even without using the contextualized Gaudà references and Montserrat peaks as a (perfect and unquestionable) subterfuge..
still I don't get the "a dreary section of the Catalan capital known inappropriately as the Glories" thing... huh? "inappropriately"? pardon? .. mr. Popham should revisit some Cerdà plans from the past and read about the 22@ and Glòries development for the future..
all in all, pretty interesting article.
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at least someone who don't call Nouvel's Agbar a St Mary Axe's clon, even without using the contextualized Gaudà references and Montserrat peaks as a (perfect and unquestionable) subterfuge..
still I don't get the "a dreary section of the Catalan capital known inappropriately as the Glories" thing... huh? "inappropriately"? pardon? .. mr. Popham should revisit some Cerdà plans from the past and read about the 22@ and Glòries development for the future..
all in all, pretty interesting article.
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