Owen Hatherley: The Decline of Architecture
Owen Hatherley attacks the architectural results of recent 'urban regeneration'. He regrets the loss of confidence in a vision of how cities of the future should be.
Writer and cultural critic Owen Hatherley attacks the architectural results of recent "urban regeneration".
He regrets the loss of confidence in a vision of how cities of the future should be. Defending the buildings of the 1960s, he says:
"Even the most reviled of blocks contain spacious apartments," whereas "the new blocks you can see everywhere are designed from the outside in - irregular windows and brightly coloured cladding hides the tiny mean proportions and a total lack of planning for human use."
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