I came across this on the internet:
'...Given that at Tornagrain the plan is to build 90 houses a year, Duany has no expectation of seeing the scheme completed in his lifetime. However, that is a situation with which he seems quite content. “As you become an urbanist you become a futurist. An architect finishes in five years; our Scottish projects may take 50 years to build out,” he says.'
The article, by Ellis Woodman also states:
'...In the case of his three permitted Scottish projects, he is not expecting — nor even particularly hoping — that all the architecture will be of high quality. The likely outcome certainly sounds far removed from a project like Poundbury.
Link to full article here
And I thought that the 'New Town', near Tornagrain, was supposed to 'echo' Prince Charles' Poundbury principles?
Well at least that is the impression I formed all those years ago when I attended the 'Charrette' events
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