british library, midland rd., st.pancras, london

built by sir colin st. john wilson in 1978-97. (well, he designed the building and his wife did the interior decorations. we painted walls there 30-40 times until they were happy with the shade of white, and all of the security cameras had to be chucked after being fitted, as she didn't like the colour after all....the automatic book transport system chewed up book after book, week after week until they got it right, and I've never seen so many brown envelopes on a job before or since....)