More Comment – Page 323
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Union power for the price of a pint
Often I find my views are dismissed by the establishment as the rantings of a maverick; a radical, or worse a malcontent.
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JLB Matekofe
Famously conceived by Le Corbusier in three minutes, the UN building is an icon of the International Style of Doing Things
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Ashford deal threatens local democracy
Who is going to pay to sort out our beleaguered planning system? Ashford planners believe they have found a novel solution.
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Dick & Domme
Why do so many buildings look like genitalia? We’ve got a picture of one on the screen now...
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Good design is more than skin deep
What do commercial clients want most from their architects? Some useful accommodation, or a bit of magic?
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Clients, not public, benefit from PPPs
Do architects work for the public interest or for private enterprise? Before you answer “both, of course”, take a close look at the goings on down at the Elephant & Castle regeneration project in south London.
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Babs Windsor
Opened buildings all day with big scissors, in a hat. Waved to crowds, who waved back. Result.
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Perfect Saturday TV – heroes and villains
I approached Channel 4’s coverage of the 2005 Stirling Prize with trepidation. Firstly, a two-hour programme about architecture, although my pet interest, does not necessarily make great Saturday night television.
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Falling numbers
Architects refurbishing Lasdun’s famous ziggurats at the University of East Anglia have an interesting design challenge: how to stop drunken students falling off the roof balconies.
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Unkindest cut
It’s taken years for the RIBA to convince Channel 4 that the Stirling Prize should go out on live broadcast.
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Man of the people
The prime-time television coverage of the Stirling Prize last week was very welcome.
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... to Pseuds corner
Zaha’s press releases are always a joy to behold, but a nightmare to decipher.
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What a crap idea
German architect Friedrich Lentze has invented a new type of cement that uses an unusual material: dog muck.
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Corb’s utopia can’t help Park Hill
I was shocked, if not somewhat amused, to see the image of the Urban Splash Park Hill Estate in Sheffield.
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Frank-ly baffling
Yet again, BD reports on a major scheme and concentrates on the fame of the architect, appearance and the developer’s views rather than the real issues such as economics, social division and the urban environment.
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Ensuring a disaster
All the rot talked about professional indemnity insurance is ridiculous. My PII costs less than my car insurance (1983 Fiat X1-9 in case you’re wondering). I wouldn’t dream of driving without insurance. Some idiot might crash into me. Ditto my architectural practice.