The articles in The Argus last week, about the proposed King Alfred development, show its supporters think that just because the design is by Frank Gehry, it must be good.

Surely any proposal should be chosen for the quality and suitability of its design for the site, not because of the designer's name.

The pictures accompanying the article showed the variety of Gehry's work and they were designs of grace, style, colour, but what was the King Alfred design? Brown blocks. It will be the Brighton Centre all over again.

And why are most designs shown from an aerial point of view? From above is the one angle pedestrians are never going to see.

And looking at the scale of the cars in relation to the buildings, you can see how enormous it would be.

Referring to a previous article in The Argus, Mr Gehry admitted his original towers were too big, showing that even great architects don't always get it right.

There are more public meetings to be held about the fate of this site and I suggest people learn the lessons of the Ropetackle site in Shoreham, which, after endless public meetings and suggestions from residents, has resulted in a development which falls far short of what the public wanted.

Ropetackle showed that even when a final decision has been made as to the content of the development, changes and trade-offs are still made, even as the first brick is being laid.

-Scilla Allen, Shoreham-by-Sea