• Have I got mews for you: Peter Barber, the miracle creator of dazzling streets

    He takes slivers of land and transforms them into thriving communities. As the great housing architect picks up the prestigious Soane medal, he reveals his plan to fix Britain, from Orkney to the Isle of WightAn imposing brick wall runs in a sweeping curve along the edge of the North Circular road in Finchley, lined with arches and crowned with crenelations, looking like a fragment of an ancient walled city. A cartoonish pair of towers poke up at either end of the 200-metre long structure, dotte

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