All Columnists articles – Page 15
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OpinionLoopy designs reflect our age of crisis
Buildings like Johnson Burgee’s Bankia HQ and Kapoor’s Orbit can take on a new symbolism
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OpinionRIBA awards reflect a new realism
Fewer gongs are a result of the changing nature of British architecture
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OpinionRed Road’s replacement must look to Glasgow’s past
If the city is going to escape its cycle of endless reinvention it needs to recognise the relevance of its historic urban structure
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OpinionBoyle’s bucolic Olympic vision channels ghosts of the former site
This Lord of the Rings version of Englishness is strangely similar to what lay there before
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OpinionBig ideas don’t often produce great architecture
Small community initiatives are the key to regeneration
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OpinionThe heart of Argent's King's Cross development is missing its beat
The new Granary Square is a barren expanse in desperate need of occupation - if the private security guards allow it
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OpinionBig meetings like big budgets belong in the past
Big meetings don’t happen where there is real leadership. This is lacking in the schools sector, which has been allowed to drift
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OpinionWhat we can learn from Astley Castle
The Landmark Trust’s scheme shows a way forward for ruined buildings across the country
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OpinionBomber Command memorial desecrates Green Park
Liam O’Connor’s unsuitable scheme has none of the dignity of Lutyens’ Cenotaph
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OpinionHeatherwick, the architect?
Ellis Woodman finds Heatherwick’s V&A show to be full of engagingly daft ideas
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OpinionTime to change the guard at Buckingham Palace
Sixty years of regal indifference to architecture have left a rather doubtful legacy
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OpinionWhy leftists should look back in anger
Yes, the left is lacking an urban vision, but the past few decades have left it with few means to develop one
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OpinionA marriage of convenience?
Not all practices can move easily into a foreign country, but Pringle Brandon found a way
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OpinionNul points for heritage streamlining
The problems listed buildings face are not to do with legislation but the lack of cash
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OpinionWhere are the left’s urban visionaries?
Urban farming and pop-up hipster urbanism alone do not bode well for a serious progressive architectural vision
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OpinionCompetitions won’t solve procurement problems
Public sector tender turnover requirements are the real issue, and the institute could learn from the GLA’s framework
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OpinionNo wonder RIBA’s election was a one-horse race
Harry Rich’s Radio 4 clutter conversation may explain architects’ reluctance to stand for president
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OpinionIt’s time for a new Serpentine design brief
Why the architecture competition has run its course
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OpinionSchools may learn design the hard way
Money-saving briefing packs may demand too much from buildings and architects
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OpinionBad design has nowhere left to hide
The Carbuncle Cup long list shows that even a well-known name is no defence against sub-standard design