Photographer's note: "Alan Evans works both as jeweller and as an artist in metal on a large structural scale. His gateway punctuates and divides an open space between 2 buildings, subtly channelling pedestrians as they move between them. Executed in forged steel and of massive proportions - 24 meters long, 3 meters high - the detailing is surprisingly discreet, and as delicate as foliage. Decorative metalwork like this - from fountains to urinals, bandstands to bollards - was once everywhere in our towns and cities. Rejected by recent generations of architects, it is now experiencing a quiet revival."
This is part of the Job: 2K/15972 Broadgate Centre, City Of London; within the Volume: VF000071 Broadgate Centre, City Of London; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive
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Photographer: Kendall, Derek
Railing, Sculpture