It's Suburbia Day in the broadsheets, as the Telegraph and the Independent both celebrate the opening of In Search Of Suburbia, an interesting new exhibition at The Museum Of Domestic Design And Architecture (in, wait for it... Barnet). The exhibition - which runs until March 26, 2006 - reminds us of the spirit of Utopianism in which the suburbs were designed. The Telegraph article is the more interesting of the two, and points to a recent report by the South East England Regional Assembly (SEERA) which is attempting to rekindle that spirit once again:

SEERA suggests that the suburbs of tomorrow could become laboratories for solar and wind power, havens for homeworkers. Residential streets should be designated "home zones" and corrugated with road humps. They could buzz to the tinkle of bicycle bells and delight in foods brought in to farmers' markets. They could create cafes, affordable housing, and, like their rural counterparts, hold local fetes and organise litter-collecting rotas."

More on the exhibition, right here.