Iconoclasm, clouds and con tricks

By Robert Booth Robert Booth 2004-07-23T00:00:00

This summer’s argument between iconic and contextual architecture changed from parlour game to public debate on Monday when Alsop’s Cloud scheme in Liverpool, Britain’s most iconic proposal of recent years, was scrapped by its public-sector clients and the public that holds them to account.

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