Pictures: Graeme and Bill stand beside Graeme’s scale model of the Kew Gardens redevelopment scheme (lots of blocks of concrete!); Graeme points to his own brain. Dialogue from the episode: Bill: What is that? Graeme: That is a 350-foot high block of offices. Bill: Oh yeah? Looks more like a 350-foot high block of concrete. Graeme: Exactly. Bill: Yes, but Graeme, you see: as an architect, I would have thought you’d have spotted this. Haven’t you noticed? No windows, no doors, eh? Graeme: That’s the whole point, you fool. Look, do you realise the rent on that place is going to be £4,000 pounds per square foot... and that’s per minute. Bill: Nobody can afford that, can they? Graeme: Well of course they can’t! So there’s no point wasting money putting doors and windows in, is there? Dear me. As a matter of fact, there’s no rooms in their either. That’s so the squatters can’t move in. I’ve thought of everything.

Bonkers though it sounds, Graeme’s scheme for Kew Gardens is in fact a dig at Harry Hyams (‘Harry Highrise’) and his infamous Centre Point development. #Goodies50 #HarryHyams #CentrePoint