Ian Abley
CommentEast London, 2030
Open mike - Some serious upward adjustments to Lord Rogers' vision for the Thames Gateway led to a stunt fantasy masterplan - but one that could succeed with the right convictions behind it
CommentThe Shanghai express
Sir Terry Farrell’s vision for the Thames Gateway, which is largely accepted by David Miliband, is exactly what we should avoid. Instead, we should look to the East
CommentLiberty Hall
The urban taskforce is filled with brownfield Taliban, but one member knows we don’t need to live in city-centre boxes. So why doesn’t Sir Peter Hall tells the others?
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Don’t panic, but …
Everyone knows we’re not building enough houses, but have ministers really got their heads round the scale of the problem? The sums do not make pretty reading
CommentWatching their own backs
Designers have been terrified into assuming responsibility for site safety – so much so that they now have to spend more time saving themselves than the workers
CommentA century of stasis
If Prescott really wants to make a difference to the housing market, then the bar for his £60,000 home challenge needs to be set as high as a similar scheme in 1905
CommentThe green choke-chain
Architects and other designers face environmental liabilities that will be extremely hard to comply with – but potentially ruinous if ignored, says Ian Abley