Hasta La Ideas

This writer has finally return from the wilds of New England to a, strangely, much warmer Chicago. An oh is there much to catch up on, so let’s get right into it. First things first, following our post about the reaction to Prince Charles‘ Foundation for the Built Environment stepping in to offer their services in place of the now defunct government agency, Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (which was dismantled as part of the UK’s sweeping cuts to try getting their finances in check), the Prince’s organization was kind enough to get in touch with a statement from their side, attempting to get the story in check and put their side out there (they also sent letters out to places like the The Guardian). We publish here, in full, the statement by the organization’s chief executive, Hank Dittmar:

“The coalition government has had to take some difficult choices in the past weeks, and one of these was to cut DCMS funding to the Commission on Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE). CABE is the successor body to the Royal Fine Arts Commission, and identifies itself as the government’s design adviser. It is important that design quality not slip in the wake of this decision. While CABE’s Chair Paul Finch and Chief Executive Richard Simmons have been bullish about the body’s continuing role, the removal of a large chunk of its funding does provoke some thought about ways to deliver its primary function of design review.”

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