Sir Colin St John Wilson, the designer of the British Library, has died aged 85.
The architect, known universally as Sandy, was a professor at Cambridge. His final commission was for the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.

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Sir Colin St John Wilson, the designer of the British Library, has died aged 85.
The architect, known universally as Sandy, was a professor at Cambridge. His final commission was for the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.
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