St. Pauls // London Info Centre

On Thursday after our tour of Fleet St., a few of us walked around the area some more. We then returned to St. Paul's to take another look at it. Upon walking around, I saw a glimpse of what I then thought was the work of Daniel Libeskind. I later discovered that it was not, but just an imitation of his work by another British firm Make Architects. 

On to the design aspect... I really enjoyed the contrast between the very clean, modern form and the classic cathedral. I think one of the things that I have learned from architecture at poly is that it is important not to simply immitate architecture from before our time, even if it is beautiful. The truth is that a building like St. Paul's cannot and should not have competition for attention, St. Paul's will always win. Using extreme contrast in this case is the most effective way of complementing the cathedral. It is simple and clean, and doesn't try to take anything away from the beauty of St. Pauls.