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Originally Posted by johnnypd
Prince of Wales. Which allows him to interfere in anything he likes, particularly architecture. I don't think this is a serious proposal fwiw - the army hasn't decided if it is even going to sell this site yet.
He tried to push a Quinlan Terry design for Chelsea Barracks a couple of years back and managed to single handidly foil a Richard Rogers scheme by personally complaining to the Emir of Qatar, whose country owned the site.
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Charles should interfere less in England and more in Canada. Innovative modern architecture has been a boon to England and I think created a more vivacious built environment, but places like Toronto could benefit alot from his philosophy. A certain balance needs to be struck and I think England is managing well, but Canada, and in particular Ontario, would benefit from the variety and philosophy neoclassical architecture would introduce to the urban environment.