All Ben Flatman articles – Page 3
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OpinionMy six-point plan to fix the profession
This is going to hurt but without radical reform architecture is doomed, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionHave we passed peak London?
‘London is going to become a lot scruffier,’ Yolande Barnes tells Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhatever happened to The Crown episode where Charles triggers the architects?
The prince’s notorious speech was a missed opportunity for the profession to interest the public in what it does, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionHelp at last for Lahore's walled city
Conservation efforts in Lahore offer a fascinating insight into south Asia’s past and present, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhere will the next Rogers and Foster come from?
We urgently need architects who can capture the public imagination, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionRIBA needs to tear up its charter and start again, or face irrelevance
Architects are expecting too much of the institute as it is currently constituted, argues Ben Flatman
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OpinionWe need to address the prejudice and exploitation that underpin our national myths
Much of Britain’s wealth and heritage is a monument to black lives not mattering, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionLearning from lockdown: Is 30 years of urban renaissance about to go into reverse?
Ben Flatman talks to Yolande Barnes about whether we are on the verge of a new era of urban depopulation, as predicted by Peter Hall 20 years ago
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OpinionThe fight to save Kolkata’s heritage is part of the wider struggle over India’s identity
It’s about much more than bricks and mortar, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionCan we burn our way out of the urban waste crisis?
Why one Kenyan architect thinks burning trash is the answer to east Africa’s waste crisis
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OpinionIt’s time the Stirling loosened up
How can you possibly assess a railway station against a private house, asks Ben Flatman
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OpinionThe Labour Party has a problem with private schools. Does architecture too?
Ben Flatman asks what we should conclude from the schools attended by Norman Foster and Amanda Levete
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OpinionHow long can architecture schools resist reform?
With traditional institutions slow to change, it may be that the future of architectural education doesn’t lie in the schools at all, says Ben Flatman
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OpinionArchitects must learn to lead in the climate crisis
It might already be time for the profession to focus less on sustainability and more on climate change adaptation, warns Ben Flatman
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OpinionThose vying to be PM must look beyond their party and engage with a country crying out for real change
Centralised control has infantilised us and eroded the built environment. It’s time to put the government into special measures
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OpinionIs it time to ban glass skyscrapers?
Ben Flatman asks why London’s masonry vernacular has been ignored by so many of its tall buildings
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OpinionDoes Britain need a Holocaust memorial?
Ben Flatman argues it’s time for the UK to face up to its own devastating history of hatred and prejudice
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OpinionBrexit is about English nationalism. It won’t be settled until we build a new English parliament, anywhere but London
Flailing politicians need to grasp the country’s need for a radically new constitutional and architectural settlement
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OpinionRough sleeping is a humanitarian crisis unfolding on Britain’s streets. Can architects help?
Ben Flatman looks at some of the ways the profession is making a difference
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OpinionCan Londoners take back control of their city’s out-of-control skyline?
The rush for the skies has been handled in a way that severely limits the chances of a coherent tall buildings strategy