Interview with Keith Mason (part 2)
In part 2, Keith recalls the formation of Conran Roche and departure of MKDC architects from 1980; later the privatisation of the Architects Department to form PDD in 1987/8. Keith was working in Oman at the time. He comments that his experience as Divisional Engineer for CMK increased his credibility and recalls that countries such as Algeria sought expertise on new towns from MKDC. Keith remembers the challenges for the Corporation under the Thatcher government in the 1980s; firstly developers building infrastructure, then the ability to spend capital receipts from sale of assets. They discuss whether CMK is a ‘people-friendly’ place or an ‘architect-friendly’ place. Keith’s view is that the exactness of the design is ‘the measure of the success’, as is the fact that it is all on one level.
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