All Debate articles – Page 17
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Building StudyDRMM's MK anniversary tower
De Rijke Marsh Morgan is building this 19m tall wooden tower as part of the celebrations of Milton Keynes at 40
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OpinionWas Bath right to reject the Holburne Museum scheme?
It would have been a dilution of Bath’s historic environment, argues Stephen Marks, while Peter Clegg calls it an exemplary piece of sculpted architecture which would have improved on what it replaced
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OpinionDoes the UK have too many schools of architecture?
New courses are eroding the value of the title ‘architect’ says Richard Weston; while David Gloster argues that the quality can be maintained
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OpinionShould old places win awards for good urbanism?
The Academy of Urbanism's awards celebrate great places that fire the imagination whether old or new, says its chair, John Thomson. But Richard Lavington thinks they read like a tame tourist board guide
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OpinionIs the Arts Council wrong to scrap Architecture Week?
The decision smacks of pathetic desperation, says Janet Street-Porter, but Edwin Heathcoate thinks the event is overloaded, incoherent and mostly ill-conceived
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OpinionIs it a good idea to keep on building on floodplains?
Kiran Curtis says we need a holistic approach to developing flood plains, but Kim Wilkie argues there are better ways to use these areas than building houses
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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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News
Will Margaret Hodge make a good architecture minister?
Architects have bid a less than fond farewell to MP David Lammy, who has been replaced as architecture minister in the government reshuffle by Margaret Hodge.Lammy, who was widely seen to have displayed little interest in the built environment and was repeatedly criticised by figures including RIBA president Jack Pringle ...
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OpinionShould sculpture be allowed to win an RIBA Award?
It is a beautiful structure that fits the RIBA’s criteria, says Greg Penoyre. Yes, but it’s not architecture, retorts George Ferguson
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OpinionShould Cambridge build high-rise towers for housing?
Germaine Greer, who will be putting the case in a debate to be broadcast on Sunday, advocates 75-storey blocks of flats. But Peter Studdart says there are more human ways of building high-density
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OpinionIs PFI the right way for us to build schools in the future?
Jim Knight says the massive rise in capital investment could not have happened under conventional funding, while Malcolm Fraser thinks the whole system stinks
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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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OpinionShould housing associations use partnering agreements?
Cyril Sweett says give member architects more work, but Walter Menteth argues that they thwart the talented
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OpinionDoes politics have a role to play in architecture?
Paul Hyett believes architects should make a stand but Robert Adam argues that taking politics into the profession is unwise
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Opinion
Plagiarism: is it a crime or a compliment?
Should you be flattered or angry if another architect copies your work?
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OpinionAre the changes to planning rules good for architects?
Hugo Tugman says they will give the profession more control over domestic projects, while Luke Tozer argues they will be more restrictive
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OpinionWill Foster’s deal with 3i be good for the practice?
John McAslan says the deal can only be beneficial, while former partner Barry Cook wonders if it can’t help but compromise design excellence
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OpinionAre architects to blame for soulless housing estates?
David Lammy fears architects could be repeating the mistakes of the past, while David Barber argues we must devolve ownership of social housing
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OpinionHas the Blair decade been good for architecture?
Ken Shuttleworth argues that the government has raised architecture’s profile as a vital tool, while Jonathan Glancey says we have seen a glut of crass buildings
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OpinionCan the RIBA stop this white male middle-class bias?
Yasmin Shariff says the RIBA is ideally placed to broaden architecture’s base, but Ferhan Azman argues that the answer lies in pay levels