“Your final paragraph is full of noble sentiments about houses for people, Jonathan, yet you have spent the previous 15 years lauding architecture that is about the egos of over-funded architects and their corporate sponsors.

Frankly, shame on you!

It’s very hard to think of how Britain has been enriched by the architecture of the last 15 years – the London skyline is blighted, even by the Gherkin, which looks cute but is ergonomically awful. You spend your last column with your tongue drooling for projects that have been built overseas.

At the grass roots level – where architecture writers don’t seem to live – we have been given more concrete, more CCTV open space, less eco friendly designs, less human friendly dimensions, and less art – which is why Banksy is so necessary..”

Jonathan Glancey’s passport to the planet | Art and design | The Guardian.