Before anyone could criticize the pandering commercialism of his office tower designs, he would say, “I’m a whore.”

Action Art Group

The "consensus conference," a recent Danish innovation, gives ordinary citizens a real chance to make their voices heard in debates on technology policy. And business and government, as well as the general public, could reap substantial rewards.

Towards a Social Ethics of Technology: A Research Prospect

Renzo Piano, by reputation among the world's greatest architects, tells Emma Brockes why cities have been betrayed