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The Guardian - UK
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Will Alsop's The Public, a new arts building for West Bromwich

The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich, designed by Will Alsop Architects Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
Funded by the Arts Council, it has been a troubled project that has gone over schedule and over budget Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
A cascade of windows ruptures the black box exterior Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
Its big, irregular windows seem to suggest a new way of looking at things Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
'This is something new - and therefore we don't know what it is, quite', says Alsop Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
Bicycle racks reflect the objects of their purpose Photograph: Guardian
The Public. A new multi-purpose building in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop Architects
'Architecture is building plus something,' says Alsop. 'As I get older, I don't want to explain what that something is - that would spoil it.' Photograph: David Levene/Guardian
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