All Archive Titles articles – Page 9
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Resistance movement
All credit to the architectural lords… but what if James Stirling hadn’t died so early? Might he have saved us from the easy-fit, bloodless derivatives of funny shape-ism?
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Letter from...
Hans van der Heijden, partner of Dutch practice Biq, has been working in the UK for 13 years. He’s still bemused that we spend so much of our time and talent fretting about risk
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A la mode
There’s always been a link between the clothing of the human body and the sheltering of it, so the Skin and Bones show is not before time.
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Jumping the shark
The design sector is losing the credibility it fought to regain after the excesses of the 80s.
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Unfair jibe
In Bill Mitchell’s otherwise reasonably accurate review (RIBAJ April 2008) of my book with Joe Kerr on Architecture and the ‘Special Relationship’, which examines the American influence on post-war British architecture, he signs off with an unfair jibe that the book largely ignores the issue of globalisation and thus is ...
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Putting our houses in order
The Lords were in optimistic mood for one of their rare debates on architecture – all of them except Lord Rogers, that is. Eleanor Young reports from the gallery
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High-art theme park
The Hayward’s summer show aims to subvert space with fabric staircases, exploding rooms and crawl-spaces between galleries.
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Golden years
A hundred years from now, historians will regard this age as a flowering of British design – though they may be puzzled that the power was concentrated in so few hands
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Glad you liked it
I read with interest your recent article on London Wall (RIBAJ April 08), and I noted your comments on 1 Coleman Street. While I appreciate your (perhaps secret) liking for the building, I am disappointed we were not credited with the design.
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Our favourite things
The view from elsewhere: with Massimiliano Fuksas, Kengo Kuma and Rafael Viñoly
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No stars in our eyes
Starchitects and corporate icons make this student generation uneasy. They know the future is about multidisciplinary collaboration and ethically aware design.
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Ethical imperative
Jeremy Till knows what it’s like to represent Britain on the international stage. Don’t look to the famous names for our true identity, he says.
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Dinosaur modern
Modernism’s stranglehold has stifled dissent and debate in British architecture. The pain of global recession and climate change may jolt us from its grasp
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Who Dares wins
Curses! I may have a rocket-ship, a chiselled jaw and interestingly zig-zag eyebrows, but my arch-rival the evil Mekon has a huge brain, a hover-chair, and a to-die-for mauve jumpsuit. Get those boffins on the case, Digby!
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Curtain twitchers
This is new ornamentalism in full flow: Foreign Office Architects uses twirling textile patterns to enclose its Leicester store for John Lewis.
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The consequences of design
How will rising consciousness about the profound global impact of climate change affect architectural education?
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Britishness
This issue has been a joy to assemble, and we know you’ll find it stimulating to read.
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Brief encounter
Architecture critic Ellis Woodman is poacher turned gamekeeper, curating the British Pavilion at this September’s Venice Architecture Biennale. Hugh Pearman asks him how he aims to communicate Britain at the show.