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National Theatre is an architecture poem by Haworth Tompkins

United Kingdom Architecture News - Apr 06, 2015 - 10:06   3384 views

National Theatre is an architecture poem by Haworth Tompkins

Decluttered and beautiful… the National’s new Pigott atrium. Photograph:Philip Vile/ Haworth Tompkins Ltd

Rowan Moore from The Guardian reviews The National Theatre which was redesigned by Haworth Tompkins,is the winner of Stirling Prize of 2013 and Moore tells the story of The National Theatre in a very narrative,designing and detailed way.

There is a view of architecture, not much heard now, that it is like symphonic music, a sculpture, or a poem. It is a hard-won composition of parts and whole, with harmonies, contrasts and resolutions......Continue Reading

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