This one looks like it’s probably a real person.

These might be based on real people, but they’re getting a bit demonic.

This one is sort of cute. I think it’s my Uncle Alfred.

These are in the entryway to the house of commons. They look like caricatures of real public figures.

Some of the little figures aren’t human. Here’s a scary lion.

This lion just looks grouchy.

Here’s a lion-like person, or vice versa.

Lots of Indians. Scary.

I don’t know what this is.

Putting faces all over buildings is definitely a lost art. I like it for its playfulness. Each one seems like a little joke tossed in by the architect, to try and keep the whole enterprise from getting too stodgy.

This creepy featureless face is one of my favourites. It’s so featureless that it almost isn’t even a face, but I think it is.

The face in the tower of the east block is the best joke of all. And the biggest.

Some people think he looks sad, and the X’s for eyes are a comic strip convention for someone who is drunk. But I think he looks surprised, maybe shocked. He is aghast. He just can’t believe it!

Well, neither can I.