Falling Skylons and Office Politics
Bastion House, the old Museum of London, and the denial of modern history
Long shadows
Philip Powell and Hidalgo ‘Jacko’ Moya’s most famous structure, the Skylon for the 1951 Festival of Britain, didn’t last far into 1952, but its shadow still falls today. The impact of their design, from Moya’s gestural sketch to the suspended sculptural marvel hanging above the South Bank’s new riverside embankment, and its swift demolition …
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