It's ironic that the designers of a new building planned for an Oxford college expect controversy about a design that uses a distinctly classical form.
Where modernist structures once courted controversy, they are now largely seen as the established look for new city centre buildings.
But Harris Manchester College’s proposed clocktower looks sure to be welcomed by those who would rather see another dreaming spire, instead of a glass and concrete cube.
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