All Columnists articles – Page 34
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OpinionWhen legacy is dead on arrival
The lack of civic-mindedness during the decades of “greed is good” has delivered only zombie public spaces, devoid of any life
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OpinionWhere there’s muck, there’s indignation
The response to Peter Jones’s opinions shows how we’re failing to deal with rubbish
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OpinionAwards need a proper prize
Removing the cash reward from the Stirling Prize sends out the wrong message both to architects and the wider world
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FeaturesJan’s refusal to be imprisoned
Architect Jan Kaplicky and actor Patrick McGoohan, who gave Portmeirion a starring role in The Prisoner, shared the same inability to handle the mediocre
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OpinionThe audacity of open architecture
Under the Bush presidency, the US has been erecting bunker-like embassy designs worldwide. With the inauguration of Obama, will the new US embassy in south London take a different tack?
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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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OpinionGlimmers of hope in the gloom
In uncertain times everyone has a prediction, but between the bad and the mad are some positive signs for architects
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Building StudyThe Year in Review: Designs to beat the architecture downturn blues
We might have had a bleak end to 2008, but it was actually a good year for splendid buildings and inspiring architectural exhibitions, says Ellis Woodman. We also asked 18 major players in the business to pick out their highlights
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NewsRays of hope within the gloom
BD’s news editor Will Hurst looks at how the economy has dominated the news in 2008, while we ask some of the people in the public eye what they consider the year’s most important developments
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OpinionMobile homes we could live with
Harvard and BMW are collaborating on an innovative housing project to use the principles of car design — just in time for Christmas
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OpinionBad time for a nationalist split
The Scots’ desire to break away from centres of power in England could unleash multiple problems at a sensitive time
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OpinionValues to save for Queen’s and country
What really counts in a building is its community role, and that’s worth fighting for
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OpinionGoing nowhere on heritage
The government has shelved heritage protection for short-term gain, but the long-term costs will be substantial
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OpinionTraditionalists who do modern
Andrés Duany, he of the Congress for New Urbanism, rocks up in the UK to tell us where modernism went wrong just as the Saudis sit down with Norman and Zaha to discuss the remodelling of central Mecca
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OpinionHousing agency’s big moment
The Home & Communities Agency has some good ideas to help the market, but it needs to inject some fresh thinking into housing delivery
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OpinionWant to save lives? Dump the CDM regs
Procedures don’t work as well as real people with experience, skill and judgement
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FeaturesLubetkin’s legacy is worth more
Two of Lubetkin’s London buildings are back in the news — all for the wrong reasons, of course
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OpinionHow can the RIBA help you?
We’ve waited patiently for the RIBA to give a lead on the recession, and now it’s finally come, it’s simply not enough
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OpinionA signal to rebuild public transport
There must be a reason why the boring old car is architecturally uncelebrated