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OpinionBadge of honour
Just arrived at BD Towers is this season’s must-have accessory, the limited edition Rescue Robin Hood Gardens badge.
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OpinionA concrete proposal
After attending Rick Mather’s Concrete Elegance talk on his work at Eastbourne at the Building Centre in London, I couldn’t help but feel that the Concrete Centre may be barking up the wrong tree, because events like this are pitched to architects, not contractors — who are arguably the main ...
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OpinionDesert dasher
Trainee architect and marathon man James Quigley, who last week ran the toughest race on the world — a 156-mile, week-long dash across the Sahara — was the 181st runner out of 891 to cross the finish line, raising £2,748.01 for the Maggie’s Centre charity in the process.
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OpinionEmpty promise
The seven architects shortlisted for the Birmingham library/theatre project in Centenary Square (News April 4) would be well advised to take the grand promises of the the city council’s leader, Mike Whitby, with a pinch of salt.
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OpinionHi-tech by name, inefficient by nature
The Terminal 5 meltdown adds to evidence that hi-tech is not an appropriate style for airports
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OpinionDoes government need a chief architect to advise it?
Yes, says shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey; no, says Robert Adam, who thinks it an undemocratic and dangerous idea
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Broad church
Readers unacquainted with the life of famed gay DJ Tallulah, who died last month, would do well to investigate the lengthy interview with him at www.djhistory.com .
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Fee circus
Further to Boots’ disclosure last month of Anish Kapoor’s plans to build an OMA-designed holiday house in the Bahamas, word reaches us of Rem Koolhaas’s novel fee proposal.
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Olympic flat
Such are the spiralling costs of the planned 2012 Olympics, it’s no wonder, perhaps, that there’s no spare cash for a visitors centre and a site model which would help explain to the public what all its money is actually being spent on —currently visitors to the site are entertained ...
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Hackney defence
Marcus Fairs (Opinion April 4) shows a worrying lack of understanding of planning or planning enforcement.
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Flawed space
I want to defend Hackney Council’s planning authority from Marcus Fair’s unprecedented attack.
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Stone timebomb
We in Liverpool now await the battle for the exterior finish on what was supposed to be the flagship icon of Liverpool’s Capital of Culture 2008, the Museum of Liverpool (Solutions April 4).
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OpinionDot to Dot results: April 4
Last week’s competition winner is Lise Rose of Wiles & Maguire in York, who identified the Guggenheim in Bilbao by Frank Gehry.
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OpinionAn adviser Brown won’t want
Given Labour’s track record on architecture, why would they create a chief adviser?
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OpinionIt’s crunch time for Hodge
This week’s heritage bill is Margaret Hodge’s chance to spark the debate on post-war architecture
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OpinionIn our borough, planning is for wimps
Once a much vaunted nuclear-free zone, these days Hackney is just a free-for-all
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OpinionGive it some jelly
Leading architects including Rogers Stirk Harbour, Grimshaw and Make are limbering up for their toughest (or should that be softest?) contest yet.
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OpinionIs a faster planning process always better?
The HBF’s Stewart Baseley says the planning system is too inefficient but the RTPI’s Rynd Smith says good built outcomes must trump all other considerations
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The point is to design for users
While I am sure that I’m not the only person to be rubbing my hands in glee at Peter Morrison’s attack on starchitects (News March 28), a cautionary note should perhaps be sounded.