Construction industry gossip: Undercurrents

By Hansom2018-11-23T06:00:00

Tension is bubbling – opinions differ on what makes ‘beautiful’ architecture, an MP ignores political plots and one of my hacks encounters Corbyn on the road

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It’s fair to say that developer Sir Stuart Lipton isn’t impressed with the appointment of Roger Scruton to head up the government’s Building Better, Building Beautiful commission, which seeks to “promote better design and style of homes, villages, towns and high streets”. Dismayed is probably a better description. A well-known fan of Georgian architecture, Scruton has, by and large, no truck with modern designs. My hack wondered what Scruton would think of Lipton’s 22 Bishopsgate tower going up in the City. “I don’t need to even ask him,” sighed Lipton.

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