Sorry again, as i have said before i try to keep the blog firmly in the positive, but occasionally things annoy me and i can't stop myself. Nine Elms Lane is home to some of London's worst architecture, the MI6 Building, the behemoth block of flats opposite and the (because it sits next to the other stuff) unfortunately unsuccessful Bus Station. And i just find the plans for the new American Embassy really uninspiring. I understand the referencing of the old English castle and moat but that notion of isolation in a multicultural integrated city like London just feels wrong. Correct me if i am wrong but the building is yet another glass box, on stilts, with a filter on certain facades to soften its form. Surely things could, and should, be more interesting than this.
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