Philosopher and architecture writer Roger Scruton dies aged 75
Roger Scruton, the British conservative thinker, author and architecture critic who was co-chair of Building Better, Building Beautiful, has passed away at the age of 75. More
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Roger Scruton returns to head up UK housing commission
British philosopher Roger Scruton has returned to the Building Better Building Beautiful housing commission, from which he was sacked three months ago for making controversial comments about Chinese people and Jewish philanthropist George Soros. More
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UK housing commission urges planners to "say no to ugliness”
The Building Better Building Beautiful Commission has urged UK councils to reject "ugly" housing schemes and prioritise low car developments in its latest report. More
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Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission gets new chair after Scruton sacking
Create Streets founder Nicholas Boys Smith has been named interim chair of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, after Roger Scruton's removal. More
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Roger Scruton fired from housing commission for "completely unacceptable" comments
Chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission Roger Scruton has been fired for calling Chinese people "robots" and claiming Islamaphobia was "invented by the Muslim Brotherhood". More
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Architects should "meet us half way" on Building Better Building Beautiful Commission says UK housing minister
UK minister for housing Kit Malthouse has defended the Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, calling on architects to work with him to resist bland, developer-led housing. More
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Grenfell Tower fire wouldn't have happened "if it hadn't been so ugly" says Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better Building Beautiful Commission, says that bad design was behind the Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people. More
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Roger Scruton calls for "necessary change of culture" in UK architecture
Roger Scruton, chair of the UK government's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, has called on architects to reject modernism in order to save cities. More
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"The beautiful buildings commission is just a front for the continuing attack on progressive ideas"
The historicism of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission is no laughing matter, says Sam Jacob. More
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Government urged to sack Roger Scruton over controversial comments on Jewish people, rape and homosexuality
The chair of the UK's Building Better, Building Beautiful commission is under fire for saying homosexuality is "not normal" and accusing jews in Budapest of being part of a "Soros empire". More
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UK's new commission for beautiful buildings is "tedious hangover from 1980s" say architects
UK architects have attacked the government's new Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission, which has been set up to improve the design quality of homes and places. More
