All articles by Ben Flatman – Page 38
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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
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OpinionGeorge Saumarez Smith is wrong – classical London is nothing but a thin veneer
Wren and Nash had a go at imposing classical masterplans on London but they failed spectacularly, argues Ben Flatman
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OpinionOxford’s failure to teach architecture is a disaster for architects and the country
Britain’s leaders are educated at Oxford – where they never meet an architecture student, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionRebuild the Mack, but why stop there?
Mackintosh’s devastated art school is not the only significant building in Glasgow that should be rebuilt, argues Ben Flatman
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OpinionPost-modernism: It might be listed, but it’s not over
Po-mo spawned the era of post-truth but it also ushered in a freedom to explore ideas that we’re still enjoying today
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OpinionIt's 30 years since the Highbury Initiative - so why is Birmingham still making the same mistakes?
30 years after the Highbury Initiative, the city still struggles with the legacy of its post-war planning
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OpinionNavigating the legacies of colonialism in East Africa
The challenges of delivering new community facilities in rural Uganda are not limited to securing first-world funding
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OpinionColombo’s transformation: an architectural gem or just another Asian mega city?
Is Sri Lankan architect Geoffry Bawa’s legacy in danger of being lost asks Ben Flatman
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OpinionA driverless future still needs someone behind the wheel
The revolution could choke our cities unless we take control
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OpinionThe architectural opposite of Brexit
Stephane Paumier’s combined French-German embassy in Dhaka expresses in bricks and mortar an international embrace at the heart of the EU, says Ben Flatman
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OpinionCracking construction’s productivity puzzle
In a country struggling to recover from economic knocks, construction appears to be a weak link. Ben Flatman looks behind the figures and finds architecture has a strong story to tell government
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OpinionWill Steven Spielberg wake Birmingham up to its own potential?
Ben Flatman meets a developer breathing new life into old buildings in a city not known for hanging on to its heritage
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OpinionThe architecture school that helped transform Los Angeles
When it chose a home next to Skid Row, SCI-Arc helped kickstart the renaissance of Downtown LA. No longer a nomad, can it hang on to its pioneering spirit, asks Ben Flatman