.. were the last words uttered in a surprisingly entertaining and enlightening debate I attended last night on the CRC. They were voiced from the back of the Fulcrum Consulting-hosted venue by the wise sage that is Bill Bordass (he of the Usable Buildings Trust) and seemed to sum up the mood of bewilderment at [...]
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Robin Hood Gardens needs a vision
One of the most intriguing sessions at last week’s Ecobuild event was a debate on the fate of the Robin Hood Gardens on the Wednesday. This East London council estate, designed by Alison Peter and Smithson and completed in 1972, has attracted plenty of attention since a very well publicised BD campaign to list [...]
PFI alert
So the wheels are coming off the PFI movement. The government’s solution to building a lot of stuff we need without having to fork out too much of its own cash is now at a crossroads – the latest analysis I saw on this was in yesterday’s Observer. Given that the middle word in PFI [...]
James Woudhuysen – sustaina-babble and the credit crunch
To Pall Mall last night for a lecture from James Woudhuysen, the professor of forecasting and innovation at De Montfort University, Leicester. Or alternatively a sustainability iconoclast. By that I mean he has it in for greenies that believe we need to rethink man’s role in the world. So out goes conservation, reduction or going [...]
Existing stock – in its infancy
To the Design Museum yesterday to chair a conference entitled Retrofitting & Energy Management. I was given a matter of days to prepare for this so was rather relieved that the whole thing went pretty smoothly. The presentations and ensuing discussions on what and how to address energy use in our existing stock could be [...]
