{"id":136543,"date":"2023-05-08T16:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/king-charles-ignited-a-battle-of-styles-in-architecture-is-it-time-for-a-truce\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:10:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T09:10:51","slug":"king-charles-ignited-a-battle-of-styles-in-architecture-is-it-time-for-a-truce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/king-charles-ignited-a-battle-of-styles-in-architecture-is-it-time-for-a-truce\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles ignited a battle of styles in architecture – is it time for a truce?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThe monarch loves traditional buildings and hates a lot of modern design. In this long-running battle, is there any middle ground?Once upon a time I found myself in a very small waiting room in St James\u2019s Palace, furnished like a posh-but-thrifty dentist\u2019s with old Sotheby\u2019s catalogues and ancient copies of Country Life, the sound of clock bells and tramping guardsmen percolating from outside. I was ushered into a large room, to be grilled by associates of the then Prince of Wales as to my suitability to be his architectural adviser. Where did I live? Stoke Newington (wrong answer). Would I do other work to supplement the tiny pay I would receive for a supposedly part-time position. Yes (wrong answer). Could I type?I made it onto a shortlist of two, but the job went to the other candidate. This was a bullet dodged \u2013 I would not have thrived in the scheming world of the prince\u2019s architectural court \u2013 but it\u2019s fair to ask why I accepted the invitation to apply in the first place. I did not, after all, share his taste for clumsy traditionalist architecture. Because, I naively told my 25-year-old self, the prince had some good instincts: he wanted beautiful new buildings and urban spaces, as did I. We only disagreed on the means. Perhaps, if I got the job, I could educate him towards more intelligent approaches. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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