Leading housing architects have criticised the government’s drive to transform the industry through the use of modern methods of construction.

Speaking at a debate this week on the quality of new homes, architect Paul Karakusevic, of Karakusevic Carson Architects, described most volumetric modular homes – ones that are fully constructed off-site – as a “blight” on their locations.

Similarly, Cany Ash, of architect Ash Sakula, said the government’s increasing rhetoric around off-site build was a “religion” which ignored the complexity of place-making.

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