Alas, for our towns and cities. Monstrous carbuncles of concrete have erupted in gentle Georgian Squares.

Note Charles, Prince of Wales (now Charles III), speech to Royal Institute of British Architects (30 May 1984), in The Times (31 May 1984) | Instead of designing an extension to the elegant façade of the National Gallery which complements it ... it looks as if we may be presented with a kind of vast municipal fire station. ... I would understand better this type of high-tech approach if you demolished the whole of Trafalgar Square and started again ... but what is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend.