Briefing – Page 46
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Analysis2012 claims fail to make a splash
Architects have been promised that the Olympic boom will spread outside London as teams seek training bases. But will inadequate existing facilities mean they look outside the UK instead?Tom de Castella investigates
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AnalysisWho’s celebrating this year?
We look at the personalities who dominated our news pages in 2007 and decide who are the turkeys and who win our Christmas puddings
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AnalysisGateway to disaster?
London must decide the direction of the Thames Gateway soon, warns Michael Edwards, or risk a project doomed to failure
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AnalysisHas English Heritage lost its way?
As the public inquiry into the redevelopment of Smithfield market kicks off, is it time to review the adviser’s role, asks Heidi Ancell
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AnalysisWill Bute battle Bloxham for Cardross?
After Tom Bloxham’s Urban Splash expressed interest in developing Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s celebrated St Peter’s Seminary, a second would-be saviour, the Marquess of Bute, has thrown his hat into the ring
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AnalysisLondon’s Dutch capitulation
Is the fashion for getting Dutch firms to work on Olympic and Gateway projects down to superior skills or is it just a political fad?
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AnalysisWill market forces stifle bold design?
Contractors can pick and choose projects, citing costs, skills shortages and the booming market. But is this bad for architecture.
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AnalysisTerm begins at the BSF fame academy
With Building Schools for the Future opening its first scheme this week, Helen Crump asks if it has recovered from its shaky start
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AnalysisDid the captain go down a storm?
As Jack Pringle prepares to hand over the helm at the RIBA, Will Hurst asks friends, foes and colleagues if his presidency was plain sailing or a voyage through choppy waters
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AnalysisOn the outside looking in
The 2012 Olympic Games were trumpeted as a victory for the entire UK, but the list of architects selected to work on the athletes’ village has sparked bitter accusations of heavy London bias.
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AnalysisIs your old school holding you back?
Private education still dominates the professions, but how much is architecture affected?
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AnalysisBrown must be more than green to stop industry blues
Clients, architects and commentators tell the new prime minister what he needs to do for architecture
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AnalysisWas SMC's bubble bound to burst?
To join the debate add your comments in the box below.To read Will Hurst’s analysis of the story behind Stewart McColl’s departure from SMC, click here
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AnalysisMcColl’s out but what now for SMC?
Stewart McColl’s sudden departure from SMC last week left the group in disarray. But how did such a success story fall so far — and so fast?
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AnalysisIs this game over for the ‘Terry Venables’ of architecture?
The driving force behind SMC has been demoted after an investor revolt. Is his business model for architecture finished?
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AnalysisTessa’s poor performance
Just days before outgoing ODA chairman Jack Lemley revealed his frustrations with the British government, BD met Olympics minister Tessa Jowell at the RIBA conference in Venice, and found she had a very shaky grip on her brief.
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AnalysisDesign jobs for the boys?
As the London mayor’s design unit prepares to expand its operations, practices left out in the cold have accused it of favouritism and a lack of transparency.
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FeaturesLord Rogers’ urban revolution
The government taskforce charged with halting the decline of English cities has published its interim report. How will it go about its job?