‘World class’ just means banal

By Jonathan Glancey and Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey Jonathan Glancey2010-04-23T00:00:00

An invitation arrives from the Swedish Association of Architects to speak to Stockholm politicians and planners. Icelandic volcanoes willing, I’ll go because the theme is urgent: the “world class city”

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