This is a good example of penny wise pound foolish policy by the UK government. If train infrastructure is allowed to fail, people will take to the roads and clog them up. The resultant congestion th… (View Post)

Why has this been off-topiced? As I will insist to my grave, London is very low rise compared to its European and American peers. There is plenty of room between Hounslow and Southend-on-Sea for half… (View Post)

Fulham is a great example. Row upon row of two story terraces of only modest architectural appeal. I would not raze it per se, I would have a general principle that people can build up to six floors … (View Post)

Was that me? I stand by that. His two best things were Boris Island and the double decker bus. (View Post)

There’s also a view that “no garden” is sub-par. It is not beyond the wit of the British to design 6 floor towers, with balconies, around a garden square. Indeed this may be preferable to the scrubby… (View Post)