Heygate Estate

There is a brilliant article on the Heygate Estate and the demise of modernist social housing projects in today's Guardian (view here).

I am a big fan of architectural modernism. Although I worry about the consequences of the very middle class fascination with failed social housing projects and the patronising rhetoric of many commentators as to the reasons for their decline in popularity. I hate hearing people bang on about them as if we can't trust poor people to live together in a civilised manner. Or worse that it is a symptom of cursed design.