Why has urban regeneration created so many ugly, bland buildings in the last 20 years, asks architectural critic Owen Hatherley. I was born in 1981 in Southampton, a port city that was subjected to round-the-clock bombing by the Luftwaffe in 1940.
After a shaky start in the 1940s, where they merely rebuilt with Portland stone and better planning controls, the city made a real effort to become modern, filling its skyline with towers, walkways and multiple levels.
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