Some too plain, some plain ugly: our cities need better buildings

You be the judge: Fabric House (bottom left), The Store (centre), tower blocks in Wickham (top right) and suburban residential buildings.

We need to lift our standards as we lift our density. Too many of our new apartment buildings and townhouses don't look good enough.

We can't keep filling Newcastle with towers, low-rise flats and medium-density homes that look plain or downright ugly and will look a good deal worse in 30 years.