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Not many delegates at Property Week's RESI conference took much notice of the RIBA's pronouncements on space standards - though they did get a mention. Like I said last week, if the RIBA had teamed up with housebuilders instead of caning them in an irritating, patronising, unilateral way, then the government and planners might sit up and take notice. The big issue is not space standards becaus hardly anything is being built. It is supply. Zero increase in supply = zero improvement in space standards. Housebuilders are increasingly up for working with good architects. Don't blow it.