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I work with many of London鈥檚 best-known architectural practices and I have yet to come across a 鈥渨acky get-up鈥� or even a hint of 鈥渟cary make up鈥�.

I suspect that most of the nicely, unalarmingly dressed architects I meet do not own high-status old houses. And they certainly care very much about the people who will live in, work in, or visit their buildings.

Mr Adam does have a point about jargon, though. As a writing skills trainer, I always encourage architects to use everyday language. I don鈥檛 think many laypeople would struggle with 鈥済lazing鈥�, 鈥渧oids鈥� and 鈥渃lusters鈥�, but perhaps we could start taking collective action to eliminate 鈥渁rticulated鈥� facades.

Felicity Parsons