The Critics


obscure the horizon’ equally effectively. Raised streets might work as community glue, he accepts, but asks whether they wouldn’t do just as well on the ground. Tis sort of Occam’s Razor of


Left Spreads from book Above Fitzwilliam College Chapel, University of Cambridge Top right Page from book showing a selection of detail photographs


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realism represents MacCormac at his best, in my view. At a time when, without apparently knowing quite why, many people are ignited with inspiration by the memory of municipal brutalism, it is salutary to recall how literally half-baked many of its ideas actually were – part way there but still missing vital ingredients and testing. Analysis of the catalogue of jobs


shown in the final pages reveals a move from standard social housing into more niche building types, such as museums and universities. No surprise there, but perhaps a sad reflection that so much talent in one generation has been diverted from areas that needed it most. ■


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