Clean, cold surfaces, sharp angles; the way Delpy grimly disembowels the bread she is bullying into a sandwich while Letts spits his words as he deconstructs the concept of "house-breaking" (house-training, as we say in Britain).
This is not the story of unwilling bureaucrats, but of the concept of housing as a commodity rather than a right.
I cannot understand why the concept of "houses" is not more widely adopted – it gives a sense of place in the school and promotes healthy competition.
For generations, immigrant groups have grappled with the American concept of housing for the elderly, tailoring it to meet their ethnic, cultural and religious needs.
Since the 1980s we have lost any concept of housing's social function, and that is why protest movements are gaining ground.
Well into the 1980s, when firms like Saatchi & Saatchi in Britain were pioneering the concept of housing groups of agencies in holding companies, Publicis was still focused on the domestic French market.
The Conservatives know full well that right to buy depletes council housing stock and will not be replaced like for like: but their disdain for the concept of housing that isn't for profit, and an ideological commitment to destroying social housing, means ministers are happy to continue claiming, against all evidence, that we are not, and will not see a net loss of social housing.
The concept of "housing first" gained favor in the capitol and among many providers.
In recent years, some cities have tested the concept of "housing first" and have seen promising results.
The concept of "housing first" -- giving homeless people shelter and then dealing with their economic and medical issues after -- has long been heralded by experts in the industry.
