Colin St John Wilson, the architect of the British Library building wrote that he hoped that the library and its court yard would become a social assembly place and rendezvous point, particularly as the King’s Cross area is opened up by the arrival of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
Wilson endorses the view of Alvar Aalto, another architect of libraries, that a building should be judged not on the day of its opening but after thirty years of use. Some time to go here …
In the pictures are Eavan and Eoghan, our children.
Circa 2005ish
Update: added feature image and rearranged entry a little 3/21/2025.
