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Birmingham’s new library is billing itself as “a palazzo of human thought.” Adding injury to insult, the proposed design is just dreadfully ugly.
by Will · March 12, 2010
Birmingham’s new library is billing itself as “a palazzo of human thought.” Adding injury to insult, the proposed design is just dreadfully ugly.
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It looks a bit like a Brillo Pad of human thought.Report