Calvin Po

Forget monetary policy, the Bank of England’s greatest crime was architectural

The destruction of John Soane’s Bank of England was one of architecture's worst losses

‘Soane Office, London: Bank of England, interior perspectives’, 1799, by John Soane’s preferred watercolourist Joseph Gandy [© Sir John Soane’s Museum / Bridgeman Images]
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