Please remember that what you see there is miles away from Piano’s design, which at least had the good sense to have closure round the sides and very flexible staging.

What we have now is so hamstrung and so goes against millennia of architectural knowledge as to can only be the result of some bureaucratic decision taken by people wishing to save money.

I happen to agree with you about the seat colour. But then I really, really hate green outside nature unless it is a muted and antique shade, very pale or brilliant emerald in silk.

Yes, the house is a machine to live in. That’s why most people would go mental living in a minimilist apartment.

That’s why I believe in form AND function. Especially in an institution as ‘functional’ as that.

Even Piano’ s Pompidou centre was redesigned internally once he spoke to the curators.

And yes, that shade of green is as much an abomination as the seats in the ‘pjazza’ next door.

Haven’t his investment schemes fiasco been an eyeopener as to his skills?