London’s popular mayor, Boris Johnson, has been taking advice from many quarters on his policies in respect of design quality. The elephant in the room when design is discussed by politicians is the cost, or additional cost, of commissioning excellent design as opposed to whatever the construction sector chooses to give you. Since politicians are [...]
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Small is not always beautiful
About 30 years ago, the annual World Property Congress known as FIABCI (an overlong French acronym meaning the same thing) was held for the first time in Tokyo. That year’s congress president, a notable Australian developer, was dumbstruck at the opening press conference when a journalist asked him if he agreed that the homes then [...]
