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OpinionGaddafi's paranoia is alive and well in Fitzrovia
Gillian Darley finds herself under uncomfortable scrutiny at Facebook’s new home
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Time for fresh thinking at Bishopsgate Goodsyard
As the key East End site comes back on stream, client and architects have a chance to redefine London’s City fringe
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We can't rely on the cyclical property market to solve the housing crisis - but we can take advantage of those cycles
If a slump is on its way we need to give councils the freedom to snap up cheap land and build homes on it
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Why RIBA presidents are always doomed to fail
We must double the term of office if we want the profession’s figurehead to achieve anything meaningful
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The burqa challenges our assumptions about individual rights vs public space
The row over the right to wear the burqa in public has blurred the traditional lines between conservative and liberal ideas
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What is the point of RIBA?
After recent controversies Eleanor Jolliffe takes a long, hard look at what the instititution really stands for
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A new low in office-to-residential conversions
The sorry story of Newbury House shows that permitted development too often makes people’s lives a misery, writes Julia Park
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Soane and the art of appreciating your collaborators
John Soane had a lot on his hands but with the built version of a pattern book and accomplished craftsmen he pulled it off, says Gillian Darley
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Beware the new Elysians
Gentrification by creatives is threatening the viability of cities. But some are avoiding it and we must learn from them, writes BD’s new columnist
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Here's some holiday reading, housing minister
The new line-up at the Housing Ministry needs to do some swotting over the summer, suggests Julia Park
