The PoW has as much right to suggest an alternative design as anyone else. I don't see any connection between a proposed Qatari-financed block of flats in London and a near-complete Qatari-financed liquefied natural gas terminal in Wales. The story makes no attempt to explain why any of this "risks [a] diplomatic row" as the headline claims.
The architect's response is, as usual, to attack rather than to defend. Lord Rogers needs to come up with something better than "...like forcing everyone to wear togas" and "we should not be in an era of the divine right of kings or princes." All because Charles has the temerity to say the development should be in keeping with its surroundings. Shocking!
Architects sure are a touchy lot. Charles could easily retort "we should not be in an era of the divine right of architects."
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