Very Good Things about London: #1 The Building Centre

I stumbled across this place quite accidentally, trekking back to the Tube after infiltrating Senate House with my SLR (win).

I'm actually not sure what the Building Centre does, or why it's there.  But the foyer houses a brilliant exhibition on new buildings in London, and a huge (and very detailed) model of the city.

Wonder if the Shard will actually look like that when it's finished.  And what's that Helter Skelter building to the left of the Gherkin?

The model also shows the DLR (tartrazine orange) and mainlines (dayglow yellow), along with the nascent Crossrail (dark blue).  Crossrail is another Very Good Thing.  Wonder if they'll take the opportunity / excuse to rebuild / destroy the current vile and Lilliputian Tottenham Court Road station.

Here's the Building Centre's website.  There's also a bookshop, the delightful contents of which left me in priapic raptures of engorgement.  Not cheap, though.  

According to Google Maps, the Building Centre is on the B506 (oh, there).  The nearest Tube is Goodge Street, which at least isn't Tottenham Court Road.