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The mutilations inflicted on the Cutty Sark are a disgrace to architecture. Congratulations to BD for taking such an uncompromising editorial line in this issue and well done the Carbuncle Cup for naming and shaming.

Perhaps the same design team might like to apply their blue-sky thinking to more of the world's priceless treasures......

HMS Victory: why not cleave her in two along the keel, pull the two sections apart by, say, 15m and insert a state of the art glass and steel visitor attraction or retail space?

Stonehenge: why not lot suspend the whole lot by steel cables, anchored through each stone, from a giant viewing gantry above a sunken glass roofed pavilion so that visitors have a choice of either walking around beneath the henge to view the dangling sarsons from below whilst pressing information buttons or eating a burger or something, or enjoying unrivalled views from above?

The Pantheon: ever wondered what it would be like to pass through the oculus? Why not insert a steel and glass lift shaft positioned directly below giving access to a series of lettable terraces, some for shops, others for meetings or tutorials and so on. After passing through the 2000 year old gape visitor could trample about on the concrete dome protected by a cantilevered glass balustrade beneath a teflon fabric roof.

This is not about the vanity of a bunch of top designers or the schemes of journalists. The intervention has severely damaged the irreplaceable historic fabric of this once majestic vessel and denied future generations the opportunity of enjoying her unique beauty.

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