If the plans unveiled last week for the Black Rock site were not bad enough, the front-page picture (The Argus, February 15) of the development on the Endeavour site must have given those like myself who love the city near heart failure.

This shambolic piece of concrete and glass really cannot be taken seriously as a piece of architecture let alone a serious contender for a site such as this.

However, a new 2003 award must go to the the builder, Josh Arghiros, of Karis Developments, and the architect, Piers Gough, for undiluted arrogance. So Mr Gough thinks he knows Brighton and Hove, does he?

I think not. He obviously has not taken the time or trouble to ask local people what they think. If he did, he would be told in no uncertain terms as to what those who really matter think.

But it is the developer who really must be in the forefront of any criticism.

Sorry, Mr Arghiros, you are not building for this city or its future but, rather, for the amount of money you can make. If you really think buildings such as these added to the ambience and beauty of Brighton and Hove, build it for nothing.

If the go-ahead is given to this building, it will open the doors to unimaginable horrors, all built in the name of modern architecture but, in reality, for profit alone.

-D A Coles, South Coast Road, Peacehaven