14 luglio 2005
Landmark Houses
'Futuristic luxury homes unveiled' details the proposed scheme for 46 'high-end' architect-designed properties at Lower Mill Estate in the Cotswolds (the Telegraph take on the story was naturally very disapproving).
Every now and again a brave developer tries their hand at this kind of high profile scheme, bringing out the architectural big guns and hoping that the project's expected cultural legacy will outweigh any social or environmental concerns. A few years back there were the grand plans for Grafton New Hall (which seems to have been quietly forgotten), while in the US there are the (in)famous Houses at Sagaponac on the Hamptons (which now seems to be downplaying the scale and expense of the 34 houses, hoping they will 'inspire a shift... away from the conventions of endlessly repeated, uninspired traditional designs, which trade art for size').
Every now and again a brave developer tries their hand at this kind of high profile scheme, bringing out the architectural big guns and hoping that the project's expected cultural legacy will outweigh any social or environmental concerns. A few years back there were the grand plans for Grafton New Hall (which seems to have been quietly forgotten), while in the US there are the (in)famous Houses at Sagaponac on the Hamptons (which now seems to be downplaying the scale and expense of the 34 houses, hoping they will 'inspire a shift... away from the conventions of endlessly repeated, uninspired traditional designs, which trade art for size').
