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As Hugo rightly points out, budgets are not really the issue in the article. As an architect we have to work with what money is available, whether its £1 or £1m.

The difficulties I usually face working on schools projects is that many things that are considered architectural are controlled by the main contractor. The big contractors have supply chain agreements for certain products which limits my options and ability to design and specify other more appropriate materials. Hence we end up with identikit aesthetic.

If procurement could be amended to allow more flexibility, this would undoubtedly enable architects to innovate more within the constraints of a budget, since the current BSF costings of £1050 per sq. m. are somewhat challenging.

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