
Royal Brighton Pavilion v's Wellingon Library
Originally uploaded by malcolm_hewin.
It's interesting how sometimes (often?) you can wander around in a
see of confusion not knowing when the next car is going to try and
run you over, and then sometimes things start to click and you see
connections and you realize that the coffee is doing its job after
all. While reading Gideon's 'Space, Time and Architecture' recently I
came to the bit that talked about John Nash's kitchen in the Royal
Brighton Pavilion in the early 1800's. The steel columns were very
slender with palm leaf capitals. And then I saw the connection with
Athfield's (?) Wellington Central Library which I visit a couple of
times a week. No doubt others have commented on this before, but
anyhow... I was pleased to see the connection, although I think it
works rather better in the kitchen. However the interior of the
library is very user friendly... although it has no palms... or are
they ferns?
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