All articles by Amanda Baillieu – Page 20
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OpinionWe need to see Olympic projects
A visitors’ centre will open people’s eyes to what an incredible project we’re building
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OpinionProvincial power does exist
Ruth Reed’s regional moan is out of date: government devolution and technology have bestowed a different power outside London
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OpinionThe trouble with Aussies
Australians may make good planners, but they don’t stick around to see a project through
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OpinionPutting politics over heritage
English Heritage is favouring self-preservation at the expense of protecting post-war architecture
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OpinionErased from our memories
The government wants to forget the optimism of sixites and seventies social housing ever existed
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OpinionPrince asks questions of China
Prince Charles is trying positive engagement to influence China’s heritage, but will it help make up for snubbing the Games?
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OpinionIs bid-rigging intrinsic to PFI?
A procurement system meant to be more competitive appears to have engendered a whole new level of corruption
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OpinionDawn of the super firm
In-house council architects left a lot to be desired, but will their conglomerate successors be any better?
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OpinionAn adviser Brown won’t want
Given Labour’s track record on architecture, why would they create a chief adviser?
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OpinionCabe’s Olympic subtext
Cabe’s supine praise for our hamstrung 2012 designs betrays its real fears of further assaults on creativity
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NewsRadio 4’s History of the Home gives architects a minor role
Comfort rather than cool is the key factor in the design of the British home according to Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen’s new series
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OpinionTrash and cash are a bad mix
Mipim has some real high spots, but the squalid fantasy designs that also flock there shouldn’t be built at all
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OpinionMust we twist Liverpool’s arm?
Unless these buildings are protected, the city's world heritage status may be threatened
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OpinionFight this loopy legislation
We need to resist the government’s misguided urge to dictate what sort of houses people want
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OpinionA demolition job on the truth
The landlord’s consultation with tenants at Robin Hood Gardens has been seriously flawed
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OpinionTo the rescue of Robin Hood
Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it
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NewsTo the rescue of Robin Hood
Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it
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OpinionStations’ magic ingredient
Making New Street exciting is an aim all our stations should aspire to, but Network Rail will need to hold its nerve
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OpinionPrince lands near the spot
Prince Charles has reignited public debate on architecture, but defining zero carbon is the key to any discussion.
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OpinionFearing risk is dangerous
The diminished 2012 Aquatic Centre and The Public are sorry tales of our times, but the danger is that clients will stop commissioning brave architecture