In search of ‘Good Ordinary’ in new development

In search of ‘Good Ordinary’ in new development

Seven years ago, in April 2015, the late Hank Dittmar called for the return of “Good Ordinary” buildings, for a focus on “getting better at the mundane”, before producing another article, in 2016, on the idea that beauty ‘shouldn’t be a dirty word’. The debate that...
A Tale of Two Cities.

A Tale of Two Cities.

I live just around the corner from Springfield Hospital (Springfield), an NHS Estates site that historically housed a number of mental health facilities in varying stages of architectural quality and age, including some impressive Victorian buildings. The site is at...