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Whitehall’s confusion about architecture explains the beauty parade
Concern for architectural aesthetics has transferred from the Culture Department to the Ministry for Housing, with weird references to Alabama courthouses ensuing, writes Paul Finch
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08.11.18: Homes
The latest AJ features building studies of four housing projects: Ordnance Road in Enfield by Peter Barber Architects; Hortsley retirement housing in East Sussex by RCKa; Barbauld Road in Stoke Newington by Stephen Taylor Architects; and Anderston Regeneration Phases 4 and 5 in Glasgow by Collective Architecture. PLUS The AJ’s Parenting Survey shows architecture is struggling to adapt to a flexible ...
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