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Monthly Archives: August 2014
A Change
Hi. In order to avoid confusion I thought I’d write a short post letting everyone who reads this (hi all three of you) know that I’m broadening this blog to cover architecture in general, as I was finding sticking only … Continue reading
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Spires and Gherkins: Ideology in Architecture
The writer Jonathan Meades once remarked that cathedrals (in this case Salisbury Cathedral) serve to facilitate “the dessication and snobbery of the clergy”. Thankfully this barbed, typically Meadesian remark does not characterise his overall assessment of the building – he goes on … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, cathedrals, ideology, Jonathan Meades, London, Norman Foster, the Gherkin, the Shard
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Palaces & Workhouses 