Don’t throw Salford’s groundbreaking Centenary Building in the bin
- Posted on February 8, 2025
- By The Guardian
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Don’t throw Salford’s groundbreaking Centenary Building in the bin
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The first winner of the Stirling Prize is a moment of ambition and distinctiveness in what might otherwise be an ocean of blandness. Let’s not demolish it, says the Observer’s architecture critic