Dr. Oliver Kinnane:

I always liked the Sam Stephenson building with the brass windows but that is a matter of personal opinion. It is a difficult question to answer. The reality is that, when built, commercial buildings do not lend themselves easily to transformation into residential buildings. They often have a long deep plan, circulation cores and such things that do not fit residential buildings well. We need to be creative and back our architects to find solutions to that. There may just not be enough incentive to transfer commercial buildings to residential use.