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An investment of £6 billion would not fund the site acquisition and construction of 100,000 “affordable homes”. Probably half that number at Code level 3 and a third of that number at Code level 6

Daniel Moylan thinks Eric Pickles has made a useful intervention, but Richard Kemp argues that he is meddling in local matters

Regarding your report on the British Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (News August 27), I do not understand why it was necessary for the British Council to commission and pay Wolfgang Scheppe, a German citizen living in Venice, to design the Ruskin Wing when there are many capable designers in the UK who would have made a better fist of it.

I cannot imagine what prompted you to feature (presumably with approval) the gross extension to the Croydon Carnegie Library (First Look August 27)

The salient feature that distinguishes Peter Rees (Profile August 27) from most other planning officers is his intellectual courage. He is also an architect, which assists positive discussions.Michael Manser, London

Aldo Rossi’s unrealised buildings for Canary Wharf looked to Shakespeare’s Verona and Venice for inspiration

The ambiguous, eclectic style of Portaluppi’s Milanese villa keeps drawing David Kohn back to experience the magic of its interior

Ed Balls’ demand for a £6 billion investment in affordable homes is hilarious

Housebuilders’ customer satisfaction levels may not tell the whole story

Sanaa’s Kazuyo Sejima has curated the most beautiful Venice Biennale ever, which also serves as a fascinating enquiry into the relationship between architecture and human occupation

Forget the Golden Lion, the only competition anyone at Venice was really interested in was who had the best hotel

Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 8 for a chance to win a copy of The Scandinavian Home: A Style Sourcebook, by Lars Bolander and Heather Smith MacIsaac

Last week’s winner was Markus Nurkkala of Catford in London, who identified the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, designed by Willett Group

Ed Balls’ ideas for funding affordable homes suggest he has learnt little from New Labour’s failures