Colin Amery

Flights of futuristic fantasy

The Great Court of the British Museum is a good place to start.

issue 19 June 2010

The Great Court of the British Museum is a good place to start. Norman Foster brought light into the wonderfully elegant and inspiring glazed space at the heart of the museum where there had been nothing but greyness around the domed Reading Room. It also put Lord Foster of Thames Bank OM at the heart of the British cultural establishment.

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