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When the face doesn't fit The Department for Education 's headquarters "grins wickedly"at passers-by through ill-fitting doors and windows says new RIBA president elect Owen Luder in Wonders & Blunders. He blames the planners, who he says encourage the "absurd modern fad "for preserving historic facades, however irrelevant to the redevelopment behind.
When the face doesn't fit The Department for Education 's headquarters "grins wickedly"at passers-by through ill-fitting doors and windows says new RIBA president elect Owen Luder in Wonders & Blunders. He blames the planners, who he says encourage the "absurd modern fad "for preserving historic facades, however irrelevant to the redevelopment behind.
When the face doesn't fit The Department for Education 's headquarters "grins wickedly"at passers-by through ill-fitting doors and windows says new RIBA president elect Owen Luder in Wonders & Blunders. He blames the planners, who he says encourage the "absurd modern fad "for preserving historic facades, however irrelevant to the redevelopment behind.
Building ; 260
1995
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