Penelope Curtis
Penelope Curtis chooses the Chamberlin Powell & Bon buildings on the Leeds University Campus
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| Director of Tate Britain |
Formerly Curator at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and Head of Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Leeds Museums & Galleries. Author of Patio and Pavilion: The place of sculpture in Modern Architecture.
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The Roger Stevens Building by Chamberlin Powell & Bon
Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain, chooses the buildings at Leeds UniversityΒ built in 1970Β by the brutalist architects Chamberlin Powell & Bon.Β
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