The Grenfell Tower fire returns to comments update this week as readers responded to criticism levelled at the UK's cost-cutting approach to social housing by prominent architects.
No more cuts: Dezeen readers generally agreed with architects' concerns over Britain's attitudes towards social housing regulations following the Grenfell Tower disaster.
Kelvin expressed his anxiety over a lack of construction regulations in general: "It's not just public housing, how soon will we see a similar disaster in the private sector" Many new-builds and conversions are shoddy builds, cutting specification to increase profit."
Lily felt the UK should be looking across the pond when it came to setting standards: "Where are the parliamentary/local laws in place that require safety codes and regulations" America isn't the best and brightest country by any means, but London could take a page out of our books." ArchitecturalDesigner had a solution: "I think it would be so beneficial for a panel of architects, with PROVEN experience in both design/build processes, to be appointed to monitor and regulate."
Mjtrapman argued that architects may not be best placed to make such an argument in the first place: "It is the architects that are aware of cutting cost that should have been active before the catastrophe, and not trying to put blame now, afterwards."
"Less finger-pointing and less blaming would help ? less dumping your outrage on th...