All articles by Amanda Baillieu – Page 14
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OpinionIt's not gardens that are the problem
The end of so-called ‘garden grabbing’ in fact marks an abandonment of the the policies set out by the Urban Task Force.
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Where now for Battersea Power Station?
Years ago I had the pleasure of spending an evening with Rafael Vinoly. It began with a certain amount of drama as he insisted on driving down a one way street on the way to the restaurant.
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Why do architects choose names that require a BBC pronunciation manual?
If Buschow Henley wasn’t bad enough, the practice has now rebranded and come up with Henley Halebrown Rorrison guaranteed to be as troublesome to BBC newsreaders as al-Qa’eda and J K Rowling.
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Another day, another reason to lay into Michael Gove
Gove’s gaffes aren’t quite up there with Tony Hayward, BP’s chief executive. On the other hand it takes quite a lot to stir RIBA and by yesterday it was sufficiently wound up by the education secretary’s latest comment to put out a press release.
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Architecture’s final frontier
The Pantheon and the International Space Station share the ability of great buildings to inspire wonder
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OpinionPiano hits a bum note
Central St Giles exemplifies how, in London, grossly over-scaled buildings can be nodded through if a ’good designer’ is attached
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ReviewNorman Foster: A Life in Architecture
Deyan Sudjic’s clichéd and unexciting authorised biography of Norman Foster leaves no stone turned.
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OpinionQuangos quiver under Osborne's axe
Today is the dry run for the pain ahead, but already squeals can be heard from Cabe, from English Heritage and from the Tate. All have lost 3% of their annual budget, which doesn’t sound so bad, but Cabe is facing cuts of up to £800,000 in its annual budget, ...
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OpinionWhat a difference a day makes
The new architecture and heritage minister is not, after all, Ed Vaizey but John Penrose, who until the election was shadow minister for business, enterprise and regulatory reform.
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Archive TitlesSpending cuts put culture projects in jeopardy
If “there’s no money left” in the Treasury coffers will anyone in the new government stand up to defend the Tate Modern extension or the Stonehenge Visitors Centre just two of the projects that rely heavily on public funding but whose future could be at risk under tough new austerity ...
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OpinionGove gets off to a bad start
The new education secretary’s ill-informed remarks suggests he has little understanding of architecture
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In need of new leadership
The next RIBA president must be someone willing to fight architects’ corner
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OpinionDon’t let them off the hook
The construction industry has failed to take the three main parties to task over where public sector cuts will fall
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OpinionIgnore low pay at your peril
The institute’s refusal to take action over low pay — or even debate it — exposes it as aloof from its members
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ReviewDesign for Today: Central Office of Information films
Government films released on DVD by the BFI make fascinating viewing
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OpinionNew Labour’s sorry legacy
Looking at the state of the built environment after 13 years, it’s no surprise that Cabe and the HCA’s futures are in doubt
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NewsShanghai 2010 Expo pavilions near completion
As series of spectacular pavilions is taking shape in Shanghai for the 2010 expo, and Thomas Heatherwick’s design for the UK is no exception, but what message is it sending out?
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OpinionMisplaced faith in wind power
Government’s continued backing of domestic turbines defies logic
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OpinionVictims of a buyers’ market
An oversupply of architects has brought us to the shockingly low pay levels we are now witnessing
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NewsCannes is in limbo as property fair seeks direction
There’s a consensus that things have changed, but no one quite knows in which direction.