Architecture Foundation (AF) director, Rowan Moore tells me that a mystery benefactor has just given the foundation £250,000. In the same sentence, and using the same measured tone, he calmly reveals that the Zaha Hadid-designed AF headquarters project has been scrapped. Despite Moore's outward serenity and his assertion that he is merely 'disappointed', the AF board's decision to axe the search for a permanent home (see page 5) is a body blow - it was, after all, to be his legacy.
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