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OpinionGet off the couch and fight this blight
An insidious force is stalking the built environment in an effort to undermine architects
OpinionYou can’t design away bad schools
Good school design improves results. Really? I put my money on the quality of head teachers
OpinionIn our borough, planning is for wimps
Once a much vaunted nuclear-free zone, these days Hackney is just a free-for-all
OpinionA woman’s home is her sandcastle
An innovative design project is providing mass housing for Cape Town’s urban poor
OpinionJust stop stating the bleeding obvious
Clichés, Saul? Tell me about it. I’m literally sick of them.
OpinionTime for readers to turn over a new leaf
Interior design has rediscovered nature, so why are architects still so hostile to the joys of floral decoration?
OpinionFloored by the council’s street works
We know the built environment is about more than buildings, but councils just don’t get it
OpinionContinental drift isn’t working for me
Beware: it’s the architectural version of mad cow disease, and it’s sweeping our built environment
OpinionAt last – the chance to really play God
The arrival of the architect-designed fake island marks a shift in our power over nature
OpinionAt last we can brand the Dome a hit
A mobile phone company’s homage to itself has proved the troubled tent’s unlikely saviour
OpinionHands off Noddy, man of the people
Children’s TV programmes are more clued up than architects as to the housing people want
OpinionWhen no architect at all is a better bet
When it comes to home improvements, a sense of perspective is invaluable
OpinionThree cheers for nostalgic starchitects
A local vernacular is ousting the Gulf trend for mega- design, and very welcome it is too
OpinionFuture design: waving or drowning?
The Italians’ trademark hand waving extends to design, but where will it all end?
OpinionWho to ask about open source design
Efforts to improve Africa’s housing stock could learn a lot from those on the ground