• I hadn't seen that, it's interesting. Our side of the street put mansards on together in the 90s (long before we moved in ) - an impressive feat of co-ordination for 7 houses.

    I am a little sceptical of the density argument in the paper, though. Dividing smallish terraced houses into smaller flats feels like a deeply second-best solution to the housing crisis.

  • Dividing smallish terraced houses into smaller flats feels like a deeply second-best solution to the housing crisis.

    Why? You can do it almost forever, and are only limited by Planck lengths.

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