Well, why not? We were cheated out of what would have been a stunning creation, so why not 'rebadge' it?
Shortlisted ideas for the Queen Elizabeth II national memorial were unveiled today, including a bronze cast of a Windsor oak tree and a giant canopy of stone lily pads. Other ideas include audio installations with the late Queen's voice and a statue of her next to Prince Philip, and a 'graceful and strong' stone bridge with cascading water.
It's the Heatherwick option that I favour out of all of them:
2. Heatherwick Studio Bridge of Togetherness - A memorial walk inspired by the idea of 'togetherness' with 70 lily pad stepping stones by Heatherwick Studio with sculptor and ceramicist Halima Cassell, MRG Studio, Webb Yates and Arup. At the centre of the bridge is a limestone sculpture of the late Queen, whose childhood nickname was Lilibet, protected by a giant canopy of eight carved sculptural lily pads, with the stone chosen because it will 'age with dignity'.
Please, no more equestrian statues or hideous modern art! Let this win!
2 comments:
All stone bridges are gracefull. Steel bridges used to be - Forth, Newcastls, Bristol, London Tower, till the bean counters became the architects..
However I think a weak bridge would be more fun. Think of the excitement. The anticipation.
I jest. Why would they even have to specify "strong"? Has the wokery and DEI-ification brought us to this?
Very probably! I can imagine the signatures on a lot of winning architect bids being utterly unpronounceable....
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