Southend Pier Cultural Centre by White arkitekter and Sprunt

SOUTHEND – A multi-purpose centre now occupies a fragment of the world’s longest pleasure pier - which measures over 2km - as an attempt to revive the UK's momentous dock with its unsual, tapered form.
Designed by Scandinavian architects W
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