Architecture film sparks new call to list Southbank Centre Twentieth Century Society want ‘immunity to listing’ London building to be rejected.
The Southbank Centre was once voted Britain’s ugliest building, but fresh interest in its architecture following the success of The Brutalist movie, has prompted a renewed call to get it listed.
Other modernist and brutalist buildings on London’s south bank have been listed, including the Royal Festival Hall which was granted grade I status in 1988, and Denys Lasdun’s Royal National Theatre which was grade II* listed in 1994.
Historic England (formerly English Heritage) has recommended listing the Southbank Centre on five separate occasions but this was rejected by successive culture secretaries.
For 34 years successive governments have resisted proposals to list the centre – a concrete set of buildings that include the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Rooms and Queen Elizabeth Hall.
