Architecture and interior design thread

Sadly common place. I was speaking to a friend at the weekend who is working on a project where the Section 106 contribution was to build a library. Of course the housing phase of the project commenced prior to this. Unsuprisingly the developer now claims they can't afford the S106 agreement and Westminster are toothless in holding them too it. Apparently the only leverage WCC have is with the determination future planning applications, which would be appealed anyway and WCC would no doubt lose.

http://www.dezeen.com/2014/12/22/sam-jacob-opinion-heatherwick-garden-bridge-social-criticism-london-money-power/

Quite enjoyed Sam Jacob's piece on Dezeen about the clusterfuck that is Heatherwick's garden bridge.

The bridge then might be the ultimate conclusion of British urbanism and simultaneously the end of – or opposite of – real urbanity, the ultimate product of the post-public city.

Indeed, many are arguing that the Garden Bridge is the tipping point where London is no longer a real city but a theme park for tourists and the mega rich. In which case its imagery might resonate in another way.