Great Regulars: Andrew Motion, the Poet Laureate, has written

a poem to celebrate the 175th Anniversary of the Royal Institute of British Architects.

The poem, entitled Frozen Music, was read aloud by RIBA president Sunand Prasad at last night's Royal Gold Medal dinner for the architect Alvaro Siza.

Motion follows in the footsteps of poets such as Betjeman, Hardy and Wordsworth, all of whom were poetically inspired by buildings and architecture.


Frozen Music by Andrew Motion

An eye, shaded for better judgement,

from Andrew Motion: Building: Poet Laureate writes poem for RIBA anniversary

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