Re: Grey & Glass Concrete Boxes

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Wingman Blue
Unless it's a prestigious site in central London, Architecture just follows the accountants these days.

Ornamentation? Far too expensive. No pride in buildings, like housing it's all build-to-let.

Funnily enough, I was driving past a new development on the outskirts of Stafford this week, and thought exactly the same. They weren't cheap houses, they were the sort of horribly-named 'executive' type houses, but with absolutely no features of visual interest whatsoever. Bland is probably a bit kind - depressing is more accurate. If the brick had been a bit darker, each one would have looked like a mini-Pentonville.