Thursday, 12 April 2012

Patterned Concrete Column

One of the concrete columns on the new school building site decorated with a pattern based on a design by L. F. Day, who was a visiting lecturer at the School of Art in the 1890s. Taken during a site visit on 25th November 2011.  I found the picture on MMU’s visual resources collection on flickr.   It is interesting to see something so beautiful among the rubble.  There are so many dull, plain buildings around; it would be fantastic if there were a lot more decorated in this way.  I really hope the beautiful column is still visible when the new building is complete!


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