Anon OpinArchitectural prizes shouldn't be awarded till 10 years after buildings open - then ask folk who use, maintain & operate it how successful it is. I work in a shiny building that won prizes 10 yrs ago & it's a maintenance nightmare with no storage that costs fortune to run
Jen@anon_opin I am put in mind of the swanky new PFI hospitals.
The one I'm most familiar with is Carlisle. It has a huge, glass-roofed atrium. It was beautiful on the plans. But temperature control is impossible, because it's basically a giant greenhouse. So much space was given to it that the corridors are difficult to get beds down. Everln light rain makes it impossible for reception staff to hear phonecalls.
And it's already crumbling, just 25 years on.