Double-height entrance area with timber lining, clerestory and concrete frame. Britten-Pears Archive, Aldeburgh, United Kingdom.

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Stanton Williams’ new sustainable archive building for the Britten–Pears Foundation (BPF), houses the extensive collection of music manuscripts, letters, photographs and recordings of the composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears.

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Photo credit: © Hufton+Crow-VIEW / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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