Like a beige, banal biscuit tin: why London’s new buildings all look the same | India Block

After the 2008 crisis, developers adopted a cookie-cutter design style. You can (partly) thank Boris Johnson
If you’ve walked through redeveloped parts of London recently you may have noticed an eerily similar type of building. Every edge is so crisp and flat that staring at it face-on gives you the weird sensation the world has temporarily turned 2D. This single style has emerged as the hegemonic default for housing developments in London. Dubbed New London Vernacular (NLV), it has three