Prince Charles is well-known in for his vitriol towards all things carbuncular, but nobody could have predicted the row that kicked off when he criticised Richard Rogers’ designs for the Chelsea Barracks scheme in April

After weeks of bickering, and a campaigning tour of Chelsea Flower Show by the poshest protesters in history, developer Qatari Diar announced that it was seeking a new architect. A team of Dixon Jones, Squire and Partners and Kim Wilkie Associates won the competition in December, but not before Building had used the controversy to get some modernists to try their hand at redesigning London landmarks …

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Review 2009