image for illustration: Poundbury Dorchester by Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The urban planning ideas of King Charles – which once saw him battling with the architectural establishment – are helping to inspire the next generation of new towns in England reports BBC News.
BBC News writes:
A housing ministry official told a King’s Foundation event about plans for new towns that share much in common with the King’s traditional town-building philosophy…
TV architect George Clarke says the King’s traditional town-building philosophy has become part of the mainstream…
… But Clarke says there has been a sea-change and younger architects are much more empathetic…
The new towns will have a ‘design code’ for buildings to create an identity…
Robert Davis, founder of Seaside, Florida, which was used to film The Truman Show, highlighted influences that included the Regency designs of Bath, Renaissance Siena and the ideas of King Charles…
