A lost cause
Tessa Jowell’s refusal to delist the Commonwealth Institute building brings to the forefront the subject of the preservation of similar buildings representative of the considerable intellectual achievements of post-war construction.Tightly designed to a very specific brief and lightly constructed within a ridiculously low budget, the building has proved a commercial ...
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