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I'm not sure I agree, and I believe a decent architect/client could have designed a building that was truthful in its design whilst sympathetic to the wider area. There is an adjoining post-war building adjoining that has a certain charm although we're all conditioned to see pre-war housing as the visual gold standard and anything post-war as a blight. Above is the equivalent of a faux-Tudor house in zone 2/3.
EstelleGetty-
I believe a decent architect/client could have designed a building that was truthful in its design whilst sympathetic to the wider area.
I agree with deep enough pockets and a strong will it could be done. I think the balance of forces at play in this particular context would have ruled it out though.
Howard
Yes, maybe, but the context makes pretty much everything else impossible / an eyesore.