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Outrage: ‘The anti-ornament hysteria is thankfully now at the bottom of the dustbin’Subscription
Elevations, bizarrely neglected, should invest buildings with significance
Outrage: ‘until the Grenfell tragedy, the housing crisis has mostly been slower and more grinding’Subscription
Is a historic crisis what will prompt action over the dire housing shortage for the under-privileged?
Outrage: ‘Floating “fun” palaces disgorge their bored cargoes into cities while belching noxious fumes into sea and sky’Subscription
The growing cruise industry is responsible for colossal human, cultural and environmental damage
Outrage: ‘Coordinated housing reform is crucial for cities in Africa to work’Subscription
In unplanned urban growth and informal settlements where the quality of life is low and land use is highly inefficient, effective policy is essential
Outrage: ‘There is a silent agreement in contemporary British architecture: you may deploy ornament, but never too much’Subscription
Tasteful restraint is pandering to planners and the public
Outrage: ‘The risk and reward of anonymous and unchecked interpersonal contact is the very essence of the city’Subscription
True public space enables complex, messy, erotic inter-class contact
Outrage: ‘Craft might make us happier but it’s not going to save the world’Subscription
A bad design is a bad design, whatever technology is used to make it
Outrage: ‘We are in danger of losing whole chapters of our architectural history’Subscription
Britain may have once led the world in 20th century building conservation - but it is now chronically under resourced
Outrage: ‘if memorialisation is everywhere, it becomes mere virtue-signalling’Subscription
Historically, memorials have honoured valiant heroes, but a social trend is emerging: to memorialise victims who were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time
Outrage: ‘Trafalgar Place exemplifies a dash to socially cleanse valuable land in London’Subscription
In nominating dRMM’s Elephant and Castle housing scheme for this year’s Stirling Prize, the RIBA excuses the casual erasure of a community
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