Buildings

Glazing over

By and Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman Ellis Woodman 2005-01-07T00:00:00

The Sage viewed through the Millennium Bridge with the Tyne Bridge beyond.

Source: Nigel Young

Foster’s big gesture at Gateshead’s Sage Music Centre — a single unifying membrane-like envelope — isn’t new for the architect. But practice hasn’t made perfect, and while the concert halls succeed, the external form disappoints again and again

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