All Editorial articles – Page 159
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NewsArchitects to aid coalition climate-change plans
Architects are set to play a central role in the government’s double-pronged attack on climate change under new plans set to be announced this week.
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OpinionCastles in the air
The winning dinosaur entry for your 1975 Natural History Museum competition (Archive August 13) reminded me of my own submission, which illustrated an entirely flexible floor mega-structure surrounding the lodge. What was I thinking?
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FeaturesApple Autocad software looks fruitful
Autodesk’s new cad software seems set to put Apple back at the top of the tree for architects.
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Building StudyRavensbourne College, Greenwich, by Foreign Office Architects
FOA’s new building for Ravensbourne College makes bold predictions about how the next generation of students will be taught
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NewsAuthorities to review Gazprom tower plans
Russian authorities are set to review RMJM’s Gazprom Tower in St Petersburg following a report from Unesco’s World Heritage Committee
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OpinionWade in to the beauty debate
There has probably never been a better time to publish a book on architecture and beauty (Debate September 10)
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OpinionHas Cabe got the teeth to tackle poor design?
No, says Rowan Moore, the watchdog is too close to the professionals it assesses; but Richard Simmons feels Cabe goes as far as it can without statutory powers.
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RIBA calls for less red tape
The RIBA has written to the government outlining how building regulations should be simplified and made less “alienating”.
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OpinionDon’t pooh-pooh this change
Even before it’s finished, Barbican residents are debating a possible sobriquet for One New Change – the Jean Nouvel shopping complex in the City.
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Clean streets
Daniel Moylan is right about the need to reduce street clutter. (Debate September 3)
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Opinion
Textbook design
I have long admired Toby Young for the intelligence of his opinions, but has he blown it? (“Free school pioneer says design not necessary” News September 10).
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Schoolboy error
The problem with Michael Gove’s “wise men” who are reviewing the Department for Education’s capital spending programme is they are not construction professionals.
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Lead by example
Prince Charles’s Natural House is now expected to complete in early 2011 (News September 10).
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NewsInquiry grills Hopkins over Greenwich Market
A Hopkins director has denied trying to manipulate a public inquiry into the controversial Greenwich Market development
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FeaturesPlacing women
Date 1978Location ArtNet, LondonHelen Chadwick’s exhibition, In the Kitchen, took the form of a series of full-scale mock-ups of domestic appliances – a stove, a sink with Ascot, a washing machine and a fridge – each of which was rendered in shiny soft vinyl and incorporated a female volunteer.The entombed ...
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NewsSolent shortlist revealed
Chetwoods, Glenn Howells, Penoyre & Prasad and van Heyningen & Haward are among the architects shortlisted for the first Solent Design Awards
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NewsPrince book renews attack on profession
Prince Charles has renewed his assault on the architecture profession in a new book which argues that sustainable construction is imperilling the world by ignoring the importance of tradition
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NewsCabe paid £168,000 for finance director
Cabe has defended the £168,000 it shelled out to hire a stand-in finance director for just 10 months, claiming the appointment saved it double that amount.