In defence of the Sainsbury Wing

2011-07-22T08:41:00

Twenty years after the Sainsbury Wing opened to fierce criticism, the polarity between modernism and traditionalism has eased.

Source: David Grandorge

From the BD archive: Denise Scott Brown wrote this essay when the project opened, but she chose not to publish it for 20 years to avoid ruffling feathers

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