The Shredded Wheat factory at Welwyn Garden City was designed by architect Louis de Soissons in 1925. A walk around the site ahead of complete demolition yielded some shots of the the remains of an iconic building that ranks among the best examples of early 20th century industrial architecture. As it peels and crumbles it offers new ways of looking. With a flattened depth of field, the window panels and shattered panes, the distressed paintwork, and the broken screening can be viewed as abstract, accidental constructs. They are dynamic, changing with every blast of wind, act of vandalism, or water leak that precedes the wrecking ball. Stand back and look at the remaining buildings. Flatten the perspective. The design and the materials and construction techniques render the factory as collections of planes and panels, juxtaposed here, overlapping there.
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