Best known for design programmes such as Changing Rooms and Homefront, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen also produces home decorating product ranges. He comments on the home decorating market in the Saturday and Sunday Express as well as writing occasional essays on architectural and design issues for a variety of national publications. His recent series for BBC2 Taste, which he co-wrote, tackling the stylistic history of architecture in Britain led to a series of sell-out lectures around the country on the future of British architecture <p></p><p><b>When the likes of Wayne Hemingway and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen admit to some admiration of new homes, then the industry must be getting something right. Here Llewelyn-Bowen, while admitting to a penchant for the poncey and accepting his lack of credentials as a developer, argues that the British public is willing to pay a premium for really good design. And as for those show houses...</b><br><b>In the best traditions of makeover and inspired by my own participation in Changing Rooms I&’ve been building myself a soapbox for a while now. And after plenty of &“nail gunning&” and &“MDFery&” I now feel confident it&’ll take my weight - so here it goes.</b><br> Architectural legacy - it&’s a big concept, so big …
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