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1. The Pink Floyd Exhibition, London 2. Middle of Now | Here, Hawaii 3. The House of Dior, Melbourne 4. documenta 14, Kassel and Athens 5. Takashi Murakami, Chicago
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even a Brutalist park outside with sculptures siting on grass and concrete. In a city dominated by white, Greek revival structures — such as (of course) the White House and Capitol Building or the Lincoln Memorial — it’s fun to spot buildings from a different era. You don’t have to be a Brutalism fan; though following the map might turn you into one. The map takes me past the FBI Headquarters (the J Edgar
Hoover Building) and I choose to stay at the Washington Hilton, a Brutalist hotel with an intriguing history — President Reagan survived an assassination atempt here in 1981 and the ballroom hosts the annual White House correspondents’ dinner. But possibly my favourite of all are the stations on the Washington Metro. Designed by Harry Weese, these sleek cathedrals of modern rail transport are, in their own way, the equivalent of New York City’s Grand Central Terminal — with huge expanses of concrete and soaring ceilings. Built in the 1970s and 1980s, they’re practical yet beautiful pieces of civil engineering. Another plus is that the Metro moves you easily and cheaply around the city, making the map doable in a day. These buildings may be much maligned, but aſter my day in Washington I have an even greater enthusiasm for the window niches at the Lauinger Library, the sweeping concrete stairs and mezzanines on the Metro and the sinuous outlines of the Hirshhorn.
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A meander through Munster, by Roger Anderson I look up as I’m walking down the Prinzipalmarket in the centre of Munster, and see three cages dangling from the tower of St Lampert’s Church. They’re a grim reminder of the bloody rebellion that took place here...
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New York’s Hamilton trail, by David Whitley It’s fiting that the tomb is in the graveyard of the Trinity Church, possibly one of the richest parish churches on Earth. The tomb itself is a stout, imposing beast with a mini-obelisk on top and ‘The STATESMAN of consummate wisdom’ engraved on the stone…
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