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Poundbury (2)

Charles Saumarez Smith · 20 Nov 2025

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  1. Our reading

    Britain's new towns are too scared of density.

    Their wordsI sense that new towns are very scared of density, hypnotised by the early twentieth-century dream of the garden city.

  2. Our reading

    Poundbury draws hostility mainly because it is traditional, which architects dislike.

    Their wordsI can’t really understand why it attracts such extreme ire, except that it is thoughtfully traditional which architects absolutely hate.

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