All articles by Amanda Baillieu – Page 19
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OpinionPrickly problems at Shanghai
Finding some meaningful content for the British pavilion at the 2010 expo brings back memories of the Millennium Dome
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OpinionA bright side to dark times
Rather than give in to the economic gloom, architects can shape up for the future
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OpinionStirling masks the real issues
The Stirling Prize is great... but the man in the street wants quality public buildings, and architects must take responsibility
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OpinionArb digs itself a deeper hole
Arb’s financial indulgence and bid to dump elections to its board only give more credence to its detractors
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OpinionPrepare to fight your corner
As recession looms, it is up to architects to ensure that planning consultants don’t take away more of their work
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ReviewLondon as it is built
Architects Edward Jones and Christopher Woodward have updated their seminal guide to the capital’s architecture 25 years after their first excursions.
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OpinionThe Venice Biennale has become reflection of the state architecture is in
It may be unfair to compare the most important and expensive scientific experiment the world has ever known with a two-month-long architecture extravaganza, but the real cultural event of this week was not the opening of the Venice Biennale but the switching on of the Large Hadron Collider.
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OpinionPlease ditch the mudslinging
Don’t let this autumn’s Le Corbusier and Palladio shows be used to settle old scores
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OpinionSo, who do we think we are?
London’s contribution to Beijing’s closing ceremony gave a confusing message
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NewsKevin McCloud’s own ‘grand design’ in chaos
TV presenter replaces Wright & Wright with practice ready to work weekends for no money
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OpinionWe need to talk about Kevin
Kevin McCloud is right to want to raise the standard of housebuilding, but first he must learn how to be a good developer
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OpinionDesign for London RIP
The mayor’s design watchdog had some good ideas, but it never held much sway with the man who created it
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OpinionDid the festival miss a trick?
This year’s London Festival of Architecture was great fun and a huge achievement, but it could have had a clearer message
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OpinionIs Banksy a better role model?
RMJM’s offer of £1 million to help turn street graffiti artists into architects is well meant and generous, but is it really helpful?
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OpinionHodge plays philistine hand
By not listing Robin Hood Gardens, Margaret Hodge has betrayed the government’s prejudice against modern buildings and its contempt for architects
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens design competition: The results
The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation’s ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels.
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OpinionWhere's the science bit?
Since the BRE was privatised, serious research has been replaced by meaningless PR initiatives
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OpinionHow MacCormac went wrong
Richard MacCormac put up a heroic fight against the BBC, but their correspondence hints that he lost the plot
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OpinionThe challenge for Oxford
Next month’s debate on architectural education must accept that professional boundaries are a thing of the past
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Building StudyDesign for London picks its framework architects
An exhibition of architects’ ideas to improve London will go on public display this month, but will it change attitudes toward Design for London? Amanda Baillieu introduces a selection of the original 42 entries that took part in the DfL framework competition