We went to lots of places in the morning, like the dining hall, temple church. It was really lucky that we can go into the dining hall and see those fabulous paintings and structure in the building. In the afternoon, we went to Allies and Morrison, which is an architecture firm on Southwark Street. It was my first-time visit an architecture firm, so it was totally new to me. And with no doubt, I really appreciate that I can have this chance to see a real architecture firm looks like. Although, to be honest, I did not understand what they were doing, but this visiting at least provides me some backgrounds of the firm. Moreover, the building itself is really interesting. It combines two different time period walls which I think is fit London because they are all trying to have innovation but at the same time preserving historical things very well.
At night, we went to Her Majesty’s Theater to see The Phantom of Opera. I think the installation on the stage is amazing. In the beginning, there was a bunch of glasses in the middle of the stage, which was totally a mess. And then, when the show began, those glasses magically became a huge gorgeous crystal light and rose to the ceiling. In general, it was a really great show.
I agree with what you think of the exterior wall of the Allies and Morrison Firm. I think it is also part of the interesting points of architecture to use the appearance to send a message to public. For this firm, I think it clearly expresses the history of the firm and the idea of diversity. As being told, there are people speaking many languages in the firm, and there can be over 100 projecting going at the same time.
The Phantom of Opera was great! I think when the chandelier dropped to the stage, it was super dramatic!! The chandelier was almost right above the audiences’ head. The songs were beautiful. I am very glad we had a great experience that night!