Policy Exchange has released a new report that criticises what it describes as Britain’s “mania for tall buildings”.

Authored by Ike Ijeh (a former BD architecture critic), and titled Tall Buildings: A Policy Framework for Responsible High-Rise & Better Density, the report asserts that far from helping address the UK housing crisis, tall buildings have in fact “made it worse”.

Policy Exchange says its research indicates that the 68 new residential towers in London since 2000 have provided over 22,000 housing units, of which only 6% were affordable, a 0.3% designated as social housing.

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