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BUILDING CENTRE 1931-2021<br />
In a major initiative that the Built<br />
Environment Trust has planned to mark<br />
the 90th anniversary of the Building<br />
Centre, and to highlight the remarkable<br />
achievements of the built environment<br />
in this period, we have invited leading<br />
figures in Britain - from architects,<br />
engineers, planners and developers<br />
to actors, architectural historians,<br />
photographers, broadcasters, writers<br />
and artists - to select what to them<br />
represents the best examples of our<br />
nation’s built environment.<br />
This is not intended as a dry<br />
and dusty architectural critique,<br />
rather to explore though the<br />
contributors what significance<br />
their selection has for them. This<br />
is not just about buildings - the<br />
Built Environment is so much<br />
more than that. Our selectors<br />
were free to choose urban<br />
green spaces, sculpture parks,<br />
iconic structures, repurposed<br />
industrial buildings, public<br />
buildings, public houses,<br />
libraries, galleries, theatres,<br />
places of worship. The only<br />
criterion was that it must be<br />
something that resonated<br />
strongly with them.<br />
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