Future: Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace undergoes quite a transformation in the AI-predicted future. First, the corner of the building is rounded off, creating a new corner entrance with a detailed arched door. The door leads to the grand staircase, descending to a water body, presumably St. James Park Lake, although the arched bridge, boats, and how the building is shored up looks more like a river. Instead of the lush greenery and gardens of Buckingham Palace, London seems to be sprawling into the once-revered space. And curiously, a classically columned cupola with a giant gold bird, or a moved Morning Nike statue from the Victoria Memorial, stretches its wings in place of the flag that usually indicates the sovereign’s presence at the palace. The colonnades and pediments across the front of Buckingham Palace remain, but the now-crowded out palace seems to be one more building in London rather than a high-style royal palace.
