Carbuncle fights back
by Paul Miller
I spotted this subtle piece of protest when walking through Birmingham today. There's a bit of a storm going on about whether the Central Library - once described as a "monstrous carbuncle" and "like a place where books are incinerated" by Prince Charles - should be demolished and relocated to a glass and light Richard Rodgers building on the other side of town. As the banner hanging inside the library shows, 70s architecture still has some fans. One to watch for work on the future of libraries.