Prominent architects warn Labour not to ‘fall for’ traditional housing design trend

By Tom Lowe2024-06-13T11:40:00

Ben Derbyshire leads group calling on party to ensure future developments “reflect the genius of our age”

A group of high profile architects led by HTA Design chair Ben Derbyshire has called on the Labour party not to “fall for” the idea that the future of housing design needs to be based on “historic” styles.

In a letter to the Times signed by the government’s former chief architect Andy von Bradsky and Proctor & Matthews founding director Andrew Matthews, Derbyshire said the next government should not try to solve the housing crisis by “seducing the electorate with AI-generated populist imagery”.

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