"Both sides in the style wars are equally wrong"

Incessant squabbling between advocates of classical and modernist architecture is an unhelpful distraction in the face of the climate emergency which requires us to escape both, writes Barnabas Calder.Last week the century-old squabble between modernism and historicism raised its tired old head once again after a UK government minister backed a report advocating a more "tradition"-friendly new architecture school. But in the bright light of climate emergency, it's clear that both sides in this v