"The tide may finally be turning against knocking down social-housing estates"
Vast swathes of London's social housing continue to be demolished in the name of estate regeneration, but Anna Minton believes things could be about to change. More
"More than 30 years after she left office Margaret Thatcher's stamp on the city remains"
Defensible space policies championed by right-wing politicians in the '70s and '80s continue to alienate people in low-income areas and blight our public spaces, writes Anna Minton. More
"Using street votes to fix the housing crisis is like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic"
The UK government's plan to encourage "gentle densification" of neighbourhoods by promising communities financial benefits and neo-Georgian aesthetics will not help solve the housing crisis, writes Anna Minton. More
"The red flags raised by the MSG Sphere relate to democratic failure not to aesthetics"
More important than the aesthetic shortcomings of London's planned spherical venue is the failure of democracy that is allowing it to be built, writes Anna Minton. More