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At last! For 50 years architects have been trained almost exclusively to design buildings as individual objects, whereas civilised towns are created by collections of buildings (squares, streets, and neighbourhoods). And after 50 years of gross neglect, ‘delight’ – that vital ingredient that is most prized by people in their dwellings and neighbourhoods – will again be joining its companions ‘commodity’ and ‘firmness’. This initiative will certainly be welcomed by the public, and ought to be welcomed by the profession. After what has happened to our towns and cities in recent years, it is an idea whose time has come. Maritz Vandenberg.