The young generation with a new vision to build Britain
As Prince Charles and Richard Rogers squabble over Chelsea Barracks, Geraldine Bedell meets a new generation of architects for whom the row is an irrelevance as they forge a fresh approach to planning for the 21st century
Liza Fior of MUF Architects with some of her designs at her work space in Central London. Photograph: Richard Saker
For the younger generation of architects, the row between Prince Charles and Richard Rogers is a complete turn-off. It seems beside the point. Sean Griffiths of FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste, who are famous for their pop-influenced Blue House in London and their Islington Square housing development in Manchester, which has been described as "Dutch gables on steroids") says, fairly typically, that last week's spat over the Chelsea barracks site is "an outdated, irrelevant argument, like Chelsea Pensioners still fighting world war one". (the complete article......)
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