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Bad neighbours 2

Bad neighbours 2

An example of crass sixties brutalism sits next door to Edward Everard’s exquisite Printing Works, an Art Nouveau façade designed in 1900.

Simply referencing some details (arch, bricks, tiling, scale) don’t guarantee that this works as a ‘good neighbour’.

To think that the Art Nouveau design was nearly demolished in 1967 for yet more anonymous façades…