Owen Hatherley: In Battersea

Created
Thu, 19/01/2023 - 00:00
Updated
Thu, 19/01/2023 - 00:00
If ever a project has demonstrated the futility of conservation divorced from any concern with planning or social good, this is it. Yes, the original fabric of the building has been restored and ingeniously faked, but to what end? Who wants this Tate Modern for philistines, this Senate House for illiterates, this Berghain for people who can’t dance?