Voted ‘Britain's ugliest building’ when it opened in 1967, the #brutalist Southbank Centre has finally been granted listed status: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d5je92j2ro It would be good to think a certain book cover — which proudly features said slab of uncompromising #modernism — may have played a small role in its #architectural rehabilitation. https://www.mediastudies.press/defund-culture-a-radical-proposal You’re welcome, Southbank. #BrutalistArchitecture #SouthbankCentre #london #DefundCulture #culture