Ecobuild latest: Design is pushed out by cheap aspiration, says Charles Holland

Architects should be 鈥減rofoundly more involved鈥� in designing the built environment, former FAT man Charles Holland told the Ecobuild conference.

He was speaking at a panel discussion called Architecture Visionaries and was responding to a question from chairman Will Gompertz about whether more artists should design houses. Holland worked with artist Grayson Perry on the House for Essex.

Holland, who now runs Ordinary Architecture, said: 鈥淚t would be helpful if more houses were designed by architects 鈥� a surprisingly large number aren鈥檛.

鈥淭here鈥檚 a meanness of aspiration and a pushing out of design as a risk or the least important bit.

鈥淚 would like to see architects profoundly more involved in the design of the built environment.鈥�

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