“The construction industry likes nothing more than a blank canvas onto which they can impose a brand new building, because that way they can make more money.” WayBuildingIndustryLikesBrandsConstructionMore MoneyBlankCanvasBrand NewBlank CanvasConstruction Industry Author:Jonathan Meades
“At any point in the world's history most architecture is going to be bad but I think there's been a collective mentality since the late Conservative years - the end of Thatcher/start of Major and certainly continued throughout New Labour and continuing now - that new is necessarily better, so there is this neophilia which isn't the vanguard of progress, it's just the vanguard of the construction industry enjoying itself.” ThinkingWorldYearsEndsEnjoyProgressIndustryLateMajorsConservativeArchitectureLabourCollectivesConstructionMentalityContinuingVanguardConstruction Industry Author:Jonathan Meades
