BEARD EDITION

Match the beard to the building

Bold minimalist shapes and lots of polished surfaces.

A man of many beards, Tom has made a living from playing wild, manly characters. ‘Old time-y macho’ deserves to be an architectural style in its own right, typified by remote log cabins, Brexit and the kind of pubs you don’t order food in.

Experimental explorations used to enhance the artists’ understandings of equally respectable subjects. One is a detailed study in the field of materiality, construction and philosophy, the other is a building in Finland.

The cosmetic untruths of Bath’s Southgate retail area fit surprisingly well into the era of Donald Trump. It is architectural Fake News. An easy target for lazy metaphors, it simply should not exist, like a Hagrid beard on a baby.

While it may look dilapidated at first, humanity can learn a lot from the facial hair of Keanu ‘Good Guy’ Reeves. Forget the paparazzi and mean people on the internet, imperfections are cool. This beard is the essence of Keanu Reeves, which also makes it the best on this list.