“One of Britain’s most outspoken architects has emerged as a frontrunner to become London’s ‘design tsar’ promising more landmark buildings and attacking the current lack of ‘coherent vision’. Will Alsop, whose series of controversial buildings and city plans earned him the nickname of Mr Blobby because of his passion for curved forms, buildings on stilts and bright colours, has applied to become director of design for London. The move is widely viewed as a challenge to an establishment of which he has become increasingly critical.”