Stephen Bayley

Why are heritage enthusiasts so stubbornly hidebound?

James Stourton’s civilised arguments for preserving the great architecture of the past seem coupled with hostility to anything remotely novel or inventive

Battersea Power Station undergoing renovation in 2020. ‘Big business at its most rapacious’ or the transformation of a decaying wreck? [Alamy]
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    James Stourton

    Head of Zeus, pp. 480, £30

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