Новости за 15.03.2015

Unloved, dingy, almost prison-like. Oxford’s New Bodleian Library has always been an oddball among the university’s architectural treasures – a bland lump on the corner of Broad Street and Parks Road. Inside, the 11 levels of book stacks constipated the core of the library, and gave it a leaden atmosphere. But when it reopens on 21 March as the Weston Library, it will be a hey presto moment for the city. The building has been transformed, and will become a magnet for pathological swots, local café society and legions of tourists. Читать дальше...

One of Britain’s starkest examples of Brutalist architecture died a suitably brutal death as 2,200 small, precisely placed charges ignited in a dull roar, bringing down in ten seconds Northampton’s 175m long Greyfriars bus station.

To some, they are shimmering visions of the future which hold the answer to the question of the UK’s expanding population. But others view modern skyscrapers and high-rise towers as eyesores that literally darken British cities by blocking out sunlight.

As Morgan Lake hurdled, ran, jumped and threw herself on to the international stage at last weekend’s European Indoors, her fellow pupils turned down their Gothic literature and effectively converted their classroom into an extension of her Prague supporters’ club.