Manchester Central Library Colonnade, St Peter's Square

8 October 2019 · Manchester

Manchester Central Library's curved colonnade fills the right edge of the frame, its stone columns catching the low autumn light at St Peter's Square. A single cumulus sits directly above the dome — the kind of cloud that looks placed rather than passing. The neoclassical facade holds its ground against the Victorian red-brick behind it and the glass tower beyond, three centuries of Manchester architecture sharing the same stretch of sky.