The 2004 London mayoral election campaign demonstrated an architectural imperative: London is under pressure to build. The city, forever in flux, now needs hundreds of thousands of new homes for people with new jobs who need public spaces, services and transport infrastructure.

This essay aims to consider, through the eyes of an architect, the apparent absence of a physical design ideal for London’s new buildings. It is a paranoid anticipation of the ramifications of future practice in the city.

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