Belfast losing its individuality?

Away from parades (for a moment at least…) and the chairman of the newly launched Ireland chapter of the International Network for Traditional, Building, Architecture and Urbanism (INTBAU), Robert Adam, has warned that Belfast is at risk of losing its own identity due to architectural trends which are failing to take account of the distinctive characteristics of towns and cities in the designing of new buildings. Of Belfast’s new shopping centre, Victoria Square, Adam said:
“It’s good architecture but the problem is it could be anywhere…..There’s nothing that tells me I am in Belfast, I could be anywhere in the world.”
So, Sluggerites, what buildings take your ‘fancy’ in Belfast and which ones define the city for you?

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