Day one, gaffe one. Even before he officially signed on as the new London Mayor on Saturday 3 May, Boris Johnson had managed to confuse Norman Foster with Richard Rogers.
Stumbling up to the podium, he mistakenly praised Rogers for designing the Greater London Authority HQ in Southwark.
But at least he noticed the architecture. In urban design terms the Conservative candidate has a lot to live up to when compared with his predecessor Ken Livingstone, who commissioned the London Plan and launched the 100 Public Spaces drive. Islington-based architect Chris Roche says Livingstone has ‘done more for London, and for architecture, than any other politician in recent history’.
Read more @ the Source: Architect’s Journal – Boris picks up Ken’s urban design legacy.