From the editor

摘要

For a retired architect, Michael Hopkins has been rather busy of late. As our news feature on p10 explains, he has meddled in the affairs of Steven Holl's design for a Maggie's centre at Barts hospital in London. The American architect's scheme is seeking planning permission for the second time after failing to win approval last year, but a spanner has been thrown in the works with a rival proposal that Hopkins has masterminded for a group of group of objectors.