Well, I'm surprised. When I asked you to vote online for the best British-designed building of the past 175 years, I imagined you might go for something ultra-modern and popular like the Gherkin or the Eden Project in Cornwall. Or - given that traditionalism is getting a lot of press right now - for something reassuringly old and solid. Like the Palace of Westminster, or the Natural History Museum. But you didn't do either...
Well, I'm surprised. When I asked you to vote online for the best British-designed building of the past 175 years, I imagined you might go for something ultra-modern and popular like the Gherkin or the Eden Project in Cornwall. Or - given that traditionalism is getting a lot of press right now - for something reassuringly old and solid. Like the Palace of Westminster, or the Natural History Museum. But you didn't do either. You went instead for a century-old masterpiece by a tragic genius that stands exactly between ancient and modern. Completed in 1909, it's the Glasgow School of Art by Charles Rennie Mackintosh. What does this say about our attitude to architecture today? Gabion
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