“With all political parties now committed to localism, in whatever form, there is potential for small-scale regeneration through consolidating high streets, paying attention to the design and management of the public realm around more intensively used parts and, potentially, converting the remainder of the shops to residential units. Why have planners not worked this one out yet and begun to release sacrosanct employment space back to its natural use as residential accommodation?”
Building
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“Having been given an analysis of the plans, I can say the changes are absolutely de minimus. They are only removing one floor and none of the blocks. The new proposals do not desist from wreaking and destroying the interior which is the main thing. As far as the residents are concerned thee are no material changes which met any of their objections.”
The Architects’ Journal
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"We have these huge, challenging needs facing the country in infrastructure. But at the end of the day, we'll have spent $800 billion and we'll still have some of these huge projects staring us in the face."
Los Angeles Times
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"The streets are a public way that the city is not authorized to lease to a single entity. It ties up public assets and commits city council beyond the term of this future city council. To tie up a public way for an excessive period - government doesn't have the authority to do that."
Chicago Sun Times
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“Dubai's expansion was as ambitious as it was improbable. Dubailand [pictured below], a $64 billion mixed-use development initially planned at 107 square miles, was to be the world's largest collection of theme parks, shops, residences, and hotels. For now, though, its roller coasters, life-size dinosaurs, snowy mountainscape, and polar bears will remain a fantasy, one of the gaudier casualties of the economic downturn.”
Fast Company
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