If you like Brutalist architecture, and I don’t, an excellent example of it is the U.K. Ministry of Justice Building in London. It’s located near Buckingham Palace, where the streets of Petty France and Broadway converge. I’ve passed the building dozens if not hundreds of times, on my way to and from the St. James’s Park tube station. It’s right around the corner from where we stay when we visit London.
The complex was designed by Sir Basil Spence, a celebrated architect associated with the Modernist / Brutalist style (some call it the Soviet style). In fact, Spence has a plan to replace most of the government buildings in Whitehall with buildings like this one. Fortunately, the plan never became reality, except for this building which at its top resembles Darth Vader. At least Darth Vader had a personality.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.
Some Wednesday Readings
We Are in a Writing Renaissance – San Kahn at Compact Magazine.
Fall – artwork by Sonja Benskin Mesher.
Twilight of the Hacks – Fred Skulthorp at the Critic Magazine.
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