2/ ... and for modernists (Bourne Hall, Fulwell Cross, Portsmouth and Peckham):
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Here's Edinburgh University's Basil Spence library for the Brutalists. Unfortunately, the Basil Spence city library in Newcastle upon Tyne was torn down. flic.kr/p/7e7Fkm
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I'm still a bit mad that they've torn down the Central Library in Birmingham
sep 9, 2025, 3:51 pm • 7 1 • view
Me too. Spent a lot of time in the fifth floor local studies section.
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*cough cough* buttondown.com/WestCountryM...
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That's a great piece. Funnily enough, I do know the library and even wrote a little about it sometime ago but I'm glad you've told its story more fully: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2015/09/01/m...
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I love that shot of the bridges!
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