On 1 Feb, 14:49, Stimpy wrote:
Given that the railway is supposed to be the transport mode of the future -
new major terminals should reflect the best we can offer today.
There's no justification in claiming that classicism isn't the best we
can offer today.

pastiche and/or replica doesn't suit a
modern public building such as (say) Euston.
The new design is a pastiche. Its a pastiche of 60s modernism.

Look at Chep Lap Kok
Very clinical isn't it.

In it's day Euston was a staggering building
That day was before the 1960s.

Zaha Hadid, IM Pei, Frank Gehry, even Richard Rogers, could produce a
stunning terminal
No. They could produce an eyesore. They've done that before.