Outrage

In 1955, Britains most prestigious architectural magazine, The Architectural Review, published a special issue featuring a single essay by Ian Nairn, a famously opinionated (and untrained) architectural critic. Based onobservations made on a journey Nairn took across the UK in a Morris Minor, Outrage is a searing critique of urban sprawl, or Subtopia. In this manifesto, Nairn warns that if what is called development is allowed to multiply at the present rate, Britains natural and urban landscapes will lose their individuality and spirit. A call-to-arms against the greying out of our towns and countryside before its too late, Outrage is widely considered to be Nairns masterpiece.