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    Architectural Drawings of Christ’s College

    Jan 16, 2022 3 minutes
    Pip Cheshire

    Sir Miles Warren and Alec Bruce

    Quentin Wilson Publishing, 2021

    What a nice idea a college architect is, suggesting as it does the continuous oversight and nurturing of the school’s campus. Architectural Drawings, by two of the college’s most recent holders of that position, Sir Miles Warren and Alec Bruce, reveals just such a sense of continuous nurturing. It is a beautifully produced collection of architectural drawings by some of Canterbury’s finest architects, including the authors themselves.

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