Sydney let down by its architects, Cabe enforces "veil of secrecy" and Olympic City parking lot more suited to earthquake-ravaged Port-au-Prince.
"Both are right, but both are just expressing how badly Sydney has been let down by its architects, its planners, its politicians, and by modernism in general."
Sydney Morning Herald
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"This information should be a matter of record. It is totally unacceptable for public money to be spent and then a veil of secrecy to fall. BD is asking perfectly reasonable questions but somehow can't be told where the cash is being doled out. This is completely against the kind of transparency we should have in government - it's tax payers' money."
BD Online
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"More than anything, this American-made canvas-and-glass prefab, slapped together in record time, could be mistaken for a public toilet, temporary of course, or maybe an emergency shelter. It would be a welcome sight on the streets of Port-au-Prince, but not a parking lot in Olympic City."
Toronto Star
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"The building preservationists have argued for its architectural significance and the fact that NPS neglected their legal duties to assess the environmental impacts and analyze alternatives to demolition. This all amounts to a debate of legal terminology, not preservation, and is absurd on many fronts; however, it has kept the building standing."
The Architect's Newspaper
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"No doubt the government would have used as a defence the pressure it was under to clear slums, and so these prefab systems were a flagship solution - cheap and fast but, as it also turned out, deadly."
BD Online
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