Broadcasting House, the global headquarters of the BBC in central London, has a new architectural feature – one that wouldn’t look out of place in a seaside arcade.
Above its main entrance, Prospero and Ariel, Eric Gill’s 1931 sculpture, has now been encased in a transparent box, meaning that it looks like something you put 20p in to see some puppets dancing. On such a landmark building – built from Portland stone, its beautiful art deco curves reminiscent of an ocean liner – it immediately draws the eye.
