Ben Derbyshire admits to feeling 'deeply uneasy' at London’s growing number of tall buildings

By Tom Lowe2024-09-25T11:14:00

High-rise schemes have proliferated because of land values and affordable housing models, HTA Design chair tells Labour conference

HTA Design chair Ben Derbyshire has admitted that he does not like the growing number of tall buildings in London despite his practice having designed many of them.

The former RIBA president told a panel discussion at the Labour party conference in Liverpool that the capital’s proliferation of high rise schemes was “giving us all a deeply uneasy feeling”.

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