The Royal Institute of British Architects names its three presidential contenders | A US property price slump casts doubts over London’s residential market | The City Corporation is urged not to demolish the old Museum of London | And the row over a prime ministerial treehouse at Chequers while thousands of homes lay vacant in the capital


This week Merlin is joined by Muyiwa Oki, one of the three candidates in the running to be the next RIBA president.


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