Marcus Lee's opinion piece on the future status of buildings like Richard Rogers' Lloyd's Building (AJ 31.01.08) concluded: 'Buildings need to change or they will decline. We should ensure that the protective blanket of listing provides security, not suffocation.' Spot on.
The main reason that the Shrinking Cities exhibition has been received with hostility (AJ 07.02.08) is that it is based on an irresponsible misuse of statistics.
The AJ's report last week on architecture students at the University of Kent being asked to design a torture device has provoked heated debate. Here, the AJ asks the question: Should architecture students be asked to design torture devices?
