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Liverpool Street Station can be modernised while keeping its original Victorian character.Their words
So, it is clear that it is perfectly possible to protect the original Victorian character of the station while at the same time modernising it.
Charles Saumarez Smith
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Liverpool Street Station can be modernised while keeping its original Victorian character.
So, it is clear that it is perfectly possible to protect the original Victorian character of the station while at the same time modernising it.
charlessaumarezsmith.comSaid 21 Jan 2026This on korrents
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A long, drawn-out planning process can sometimes produce a good outcome, as it did at the Custom House.
It feels like a model of how – sometimes – a long drawn-out planning process can have a good outcome.
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A long, drawn-out planning process can sometimes produce a good outcome, as it did at the Custom House.Their words
It feels like a model of how – sometimes – a long drawn-out planning process can have a good outcome.
6 December 2025
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It is hard to think of anyone more significant in international architectural practice than Frank Gehry who died yesterday.
20 November 2025
From one piece Poundbury (2) 2 beliefs · charlessaumarezsmith.com
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I can’t really understand why it attracts such extreme ire, except that it is thoughtfully traditional which architects absolutely hate.
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Britain's new towns are too scared of density.Their words
I sense that new towns are very scared of density, hypnotised by the early twentieth-century dream of the garden city.
9 November 2025
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British councils are often careless about maintaining high-rise housing and ignore fire warnings.Their words
councils, and not just Tory ones, are often cavalier about maintenance and ignore the warnings of potential fire and its consequences.
16 September 2025
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In general, I have not been impressed by the City’s approach to sustainability
24 March 2021
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The Art MuseumTheir words
McClellan is an historian of museums who I know and admire, and I’ve had an inscribed copy of The Art Museum: From Boullée to Bilbao since it came out.
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Anti-MuseumTheir words
Anti-Museum is an academic book and general set of reflections about what Franklin sees, I think correctly, as not just a single move against the traditional museum, but a wider international movement.
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Liverpool Street Station can be modernised while keeping its original Victorian character.
So, it is clear that it is perfectly possible to protect the original Victorian character of the station while at the same time modernising it.
Liverpool Street Station (36) Said 21 Jan 2026
A long, drawn-out planning process can sometimes produce a good outcome, as it did at the Custom House.
It feels like a model of how – sometimes – a long drawn-out planning process can have a good outcome.
The Custom House (9) Said 13 Jan 2026
Frank Gehry was the most significant figure in international architectural practice.
It is hard to think of anyone more significant in international architectural practice than Frank Gehry who died yesterday.
Frank Gehry (1929-2025) Said 6 Dec 2025
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Britain's new towns are too scared of density.
I sense that new towns are very scared of density, hypnotised by the early twentieth-century dream of the garden city.
Poundbury (2) Said 20 Nov 2025
Poundbury draws hostility mainly because it is traditional, which architects dislike.
I can’t really understand why it attracts such extreme ire, except that it is thoughtfully traditional which architects absolutely hate.
Poundbury (2) Said 20 Nov 2025
British councils are often careless about maintaining high-rise housing and ignore fire warnings.
councils, and not just Tory ones, are often cavalier about maintenance and ignore the warnings of potential fire and its consequences.
Up in the Air Said 9 Nov 2025
The City of London's approach to sustainability has been unimpressive.
In general, I have not been impressed by the City’s approach to sustainability
The London Museum Said 16 Sept 2025
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Anti-Museum is an academic book and general set of reflections about what Franklin sees, I think correctly, as not just a single move against the traditional museum, but a wider international movement.
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Recommends The Art Museum
McClellan is an historian of museums who I know and admire, and I’ve had an inscribed copy of The Art Museum: From Boullée to Bilbao since it came out.
fivebooks.com 24 Mar 2021
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