From the archives: Benjamin Disraeli’s proposal to hang architects, 1847

2023-01-13T07:00:00

“Really delightful”: In the second of our series of archive pieces celebrating Building’s 180th annniversary, we give you our magazine’s reaction to the 19th century prime minister’s idea to publically execute architects who design boring buildings

Last week in our series of Building archive pieces we brought you an account of the construction of the Houses of Parliament. This week, we’re bringing you our magazine’s reaction to a proposal by eminent 19th century prime minister Benjamin Disraeli to publically hang architects for designing boring buildings. Trigger warning: it does not hold back. “This recipe for good architecture is really delightful,” says the editorial. ”What can be simpler or more likely to do good execution?”

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