Independent Glasgow, Wind-Up Tamworth

摘要

MONDAY. Submit my two big London Skyline Ideas to the What Shall We Do With The London Skyline Ideas Competition. 1.Demolish everything higher than the Gherkin. 2. Picturesque, non-carcinogenic e-smog. TUESDAY. Day off. In the morning I recharge my 'thought batteries'. Classic mistake. In the afternoon, like an idiot, assume I'm fully thought-charged when I'm not. I've plugged myself in but forgotten to switch myself on. Every bloody time. I try to think really hard about the relevance of architecture today. What's the point of truth and beauty when everyone just wants their own uniqueness? Why bother with shared ideals and civic values in an atomised, caramelised world? Then I need the toilet and somewhere to charge my thoughts and before I know it I am in a pub with sockets and numbing conversation.