Interesting tour today. Showing a group of architect's round the library. 80 of them came to visit and I got about a 1/5 of them. Bit daunted by the possibility that they'd ask lots of detailed architectural questions but I briefed myself on all the stuff I knew and that covered pretty much everything they seemed to want to know (except for the one obsessed by fire partitioning).
But it's probably the first tour that I've given where I've had to chivvy people along as they were in danger of stroking concrete or admiring ducting all afternoon. As it was we had to cut things short because they were well past their time to depart for other things. 65 minutes all told and it could easily have been another 25.
Still, it was nice to show people around who were interested. OK, so it wasn't in the library per se, more the building. But compared to the average group of barely engaged students it was quite refreshing.
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Since when did Architects want to admire ducting? Drooling over concrete and other finishes yes, but usually all they want to do with mechanical or electrical services is shove them in a (far too small) cupboard in the basement. Give them an expensive Swedish light fitting and that's a different matter enrtirely...
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