Nowadays, architects have almost as few calls for cathedrals as for pyramids or royal palaces. When Coventry decided to build a new cathedral to replace the one destroyed by the Luftwaffe in 1940, the city was hard-pressed to find designers with previous experience, finally invited British Commonwealth architects to submit plans in a £4,500 competition.
Last week the prizewinning design and four runners-up were on display in London. They were the pick of 219 entries ranging from grandiose synthetic Gothic to slick, engine-room modern and including one plan for a completely underground job. Most of the designs brought...
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