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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Matthew Weaver

Architecture film sparks new call to list Southbank Centre

The Hayward Gallery
The Hayward Gallery, part of the Southbank Centre alongside the Purcell Rooms and Queen Elizabeth Hall. Photograph: Frank Baron/The Guardian

The Southbank Centre was once voted Britain’s ugliest building, but fresh interest in its architecture after the success of The Brutalist has prompted a renewed call to get it listed.

For 34 years successive governments have resisted proposals to list the centre – a set of concrete buildings that include the Hayward Gallery, the Purcell Rooms and Queen Elizabeth Hall.

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