As readers of my blog will know, I was incredibly shocked and quite angry when I saw the scale of the new building development which has been approved on a site nearly next door to the Natiinal Theatre. It is simply vast, completely out of scale with its surroundings and will overpower the National Theatre and potentially Somerset House and the Houses of Parliament as well.
I have tried to find out and reflect on how this could have been allowed in the accompanying article in The Critic online:-
https://thecritic.co.uk/new-development-will-ruin-the-national-theatre/
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