To take up another issue, nor is it true that a building has to make a gesture towards the street. Why? Certain buildings fold up their arms and close their eyes, or scowl down on the street, or ignore it. Fortresses, for example, certain courthouses, pyramids. And yes, Robarts is called Fort Book. It's not a very engaging stance, and certainly not one that's fashionable at the moment, but serene forbidding is an attitude with a considerable history in architecture. Robarts has already been softened up with previous interventions, and the current works build on that, but the St. George side will keep it's brutalist aspect, since the addition won't be visible from the east. What's wrong with the greatest library in the country gazing down at those who enter like a stern concrete headmaster? It's not a candy store; it doesn't have to lure us with sweet enticements.