I omitted to mention that the world famous architects responsible for the hideous plans for putting two office blocks on top of Liverpool Street Station are Herzog and de Meuron, subjects of a recent display at the Royal Academy.

I wonder what their attitudes are to this project. In their website, they say, ‘The United Kingdom is of particular significance to Herzog & de Meuron’. They list Tate Modern and the Battersea campus for the Royal College of Art. They state that ‘Rich, open dialogues are critical in defining how projects develop from concept to completion’. But, interestingly, they were not signatories to Architects Declare, a statement of belief that architects should pay attention to issues relating to climate change and should act responsibly in terms of ethical and sustainable development.

There is a brief and totally uninformative mention on their website of their involvement in the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Station, but no information whatsoever about the project, how they came to be involved in the project, or the rationale for their disgusting plans.

It would be interesting to know what the young architects in the London practice think of the scheme: whether they think it is helping to save the planet or, alternatively, is a major contribution to an act of the purest greed.