Leader & Comment

摘要

It has been a fascinating year for architects. At the beginning of the year, the AJ was fully focused on fast-moving projects up and down the country, attempting to wrest some understanding of place from the seemingly unstoppable progress of developer-led regeneration. They were building smaller and smaller flats at higher and higher densities in an attempt to justify extraordinary land values. They were also building most of our public buildings, with Section 106 payouts creating a new generation of facilities and the majority of the country's social housing.