I can't make up my mind about the new roof at Kings Cross. It is undeniably beautiful, but not as beautiful as the central court at the British Museum (and I even have mixed feelings about that). Also I think I agree with Rowan Moore that it obscures the facade of West Side Offices - it dominates rather than complements.
There is a hint of the Henry VII chapel at Westminster Abbey. Also the Long Gallery at Strawberry Hill. But gothic revival sits awkwardly on the stiff wedding cake facades of West Side Offices and the Great Northern Hotel.
As David Watkin advised us, architecture is important to Society (big S) because of its relationship to morality.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watkin_%28historian%29
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