Huge animals made in wood, steel or fibreglass, these were beautiful works of art for children – made to be touched, climbed on, dived into and slid through.

The Poole animals were the first that Hand created and are among very few known to survive. Are you aware of any more? If so, get in touch!

Between the 1965 and 1986, while working as a lecturer at Bournemouth College of Art, Hand was commissioned to produce a large number of sculptural works for shopping centres and other public spaces around the country.

For decades they were a cherished part of Poole’s public art until being removed from the centre’s forecourt in 1997 and placed into storage. Donated to @poolemuseum.bsky.social in 2023, they’ve now finally re-emerged and gone back on permanent display at the museum.

Funded by the GLC and constructed by the The Great Outdoors Company, the Kenny rode a new wave of popularity in Britain for skating culture during the late 70’s. It utilised the ‘Radical Banking’ system of pre-cast concrete modules, developed by Lorne Edwards to be readily assembled on site.

Believe this is still the current scheme for the site, with the Madin building retained and refurbished.

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You can find out more about C20's Cooling Towers campaign here: c20society.org.uk/cooling-towers

Recent rejections from DCMS include Bath Fire Station (1938-9), Shoreditch Fire Station (1963-4), BBC Brookmans Park Transmitting Station (1928-9) and, we can reveal for the first time, Stansted Airport (Foster + Partners, 1991) - one of the finest achievements of the High-Tech movement.

In the past few years, the Barbican has also been the location for a music video by Harry Styles and featured in Star Wars Andor and 007 Quantum of Solace. This might be the oddest one yet.