All articles by Bill Mitchell
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OpinionPutting the planet in the driving seat
The new breed of electric car is compact, cheap and won’t cost the earth
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Make sure you're not out of place
Harvard is an unlikely setting for a drama about the fragility of belonging.
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OpinionKodachrome marks the end of an era
The 600-year story of the inert single-viewpoint image is drawing to a close. The digital image tells us more
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OpinionBerlusconi’s historical precedents
Bare breasts and buttocks are par for the course at any Roman leader’s retreat
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OpinionThe concrete bunker vs marble halls
Two American political speeches highlight the power of place
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OpinionA painless guide to torture chambers
A CIA memo has some handy hints on everything from insect cages to water boarding
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OpinionThe shining: a modern horror story
The new wave of energy-efficient lightbulbs is enough to bring out the axeman in anyone
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OpinionAustralians courting the line of fire
The outback’s deadly fires are claiming more lives as Aussies build deeper into the bush
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OpinionGive Bush’s era the order of the boot
As the boom bursts, how best to commemorate the president who let this happen?
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OpinionLegend of Utzon sails into the sunset
The saga of Jørn Utzon’s greatest legacy is part myth, part Bergman epic
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OpinionA way out of the personal mobility hole
As ailing car firms seek bail-outs, it’s time for a radical rethink of transport
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OpinionThe changing face of banking – literally
The banks’ move from real to virtual money is reflected in what physical presence they have left
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OpinionClassic designs put politics in a spin
What hidden messages lie in the architecture of the stages for the US presidential contest?
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OpinionManhattan receives a special delivery
Five suburban houses in a New York parking lot can show us the future of prefabrication
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OpinionWhy nothing’s as simple as it seems
What do the US gun lobby and Buckminster Fuller have in common?
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OpinionIn politics, the architecture’s electronic
When politics happened in places, the venue matched the cause. Now it has lost its context
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OpinionAn Obama win is a monumental need
Chicago’s unsung Hyde Park area has an interest in seeing a president Obama
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OpinionRed mist over the Beijing Olympics
Attempts by politicians to bask in the glow of the Olympic flame always end in tears
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OpinionWho bears the brunt of this chaos?
Behind New York’s headline horrors lie old-fashioned tales of human greed and exploitation
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OpinionThe most architectural film ever made
The death of screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet prompts a revisit of Last Year at Marienbad