Goodbye brutalism… Hello post-modernism…

John Outram's post-modern Isle of Dogs Storm Water Pumping Station, built between 1986 and 1988 for Thames Water. It has just been listed at grade II*

Source: Historic England

Stop writing that book on brutalism: it’s so last year. Time to get ready to love all those po-mo buildings you used to hate, says Tom Ravenscroft

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