tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post7210549183790866168..comments2024-03-18T09:41:44.450+00:00Comments on Phil's Workbench: Birmingham Library - RIPUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20340207.post-62708216922586640542016-01-10T16:07:37.028+00:002016-01-10T16:07:37.028+00:00I suspect that some people might have had similar ...I suspect that some people might have had similar things to say when a load of much older (and, to my mind at least, rather more attractive looking) buildings were razed in the 1970s to make way for the building that's currently being torn down.<br /><br />Certainly I don't like the external appearance of the new building. However, I've never really much cared for any brutalist "architecture" - whether it's some John Madin "masterpiece" from the 1970s or something much more modern, designed by a current "celebrity" architect.<br /><br />To me, it really doesn't matter who designs it - tearing down buildings to replace them with misshapen concrete monstrosities that look even worse has never been my idea of "Paradise".Huw Griffithsnoreply@blogger.com