If Poundbury is a game, it is one that has become a good deal more convincing over time. For years derided as a feudal Disneyland, where Prince Charles could play at being planner like Marie Antoinette with her toy hamlet in Versailles, this supposed ghost town feels increasingly like a real place...[Strip] away the fancy dress and you find a plan that far exceeds the sophistication achieved by any modern housebuilder. — Olly Wainwright | the Guardian
“We are engaged in creating a convincing fake,” [Ben Pentreath, an architect who has worked in Poundbury] says. “All architecture is essentially wallpaper: underneath, it’s all the same stuff.”
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You know... We, Architects, know that solutions are -heavily- influenced by the money and politics behind the project. If client says "stale England", stale England style it will be... By you... Or... By someone else' office
You know... solutions are -heavily- influenced by the money and politics behind the project. If client says "stale England", stale England style it will be... By you... Or... By someone else' office
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