What Would Nairn Have Thought
One of the great post-war writers on architecture and the built environment was Ian Nairn. He was passionate, idiosyncratic,
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One of the great post-war writers on architecture and the built environment was Ian Nairn. He was passionate, idiosyncratic,
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Read MoreI thought I was done with Jay Pomeroy but research is never neat and tidy and fully resolved. There are
Read MoreI have written many, many more words about Jay Pomeroy than I would have thought possible. Now though, I have
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