Look at me!

By Elaine Knutt 2000-04-01T00:00:00

In a down-at-heel enclave of inner London, where the population doesn't have much to look up to, an exuberant new public building by iconoclastic practice Alsop & Störmer screams: "Over here! Come in, and see my books!"

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