Eyesores or treasures? Modernist buildings still divide communities | Letters

The best 20th-century architecture deserves gentle conservation, writes Catherine Croft, while Garth Groombridge says modernism failed to understand how people want to live. Plus a letter from Bob CaldwellOwen Hatherley (We trash our modernist heritage on a whim: why is Britain so in thrall to the wrecking ball?, 31 March) is right that our cities will only flourish if we get the balance right between conserving everything and giving developers a free-for-all. In theory, the listing system ensur