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OpinionA democratic Iraq must start with its parliament
Zaha Hadid may be the obvious candidate for Baghdad’s most important building, but she must win it on merit
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OpinionHow to survive the jungle
Architects can no longer rest on their design laurels. To be a player in a global market means knowing as much about world leadership as parametric curves.
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OpinionOnly a united front can stop architects being swept aside
Nothing in 2012 has helped architects regain their confidence, so they must do it for themselves
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OpinionMoney, not hand-wringing, saves buildings
The case of Preston Bus Station shines a light on the role of councils
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OpinionWill 2013 be a better year for architects?
Yes, says Adrian Dobson, architects are at the front end of the demand cycle; while Kallum Pickering says the sector is set to suffer more
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OpinionColquhoun’s rigour is missed
As a student I enjoyed reading Alan Colquhoun’s rigorous essays (“ Alan Colquhoun dies aged 91 ”, bdonline December 14), mainly via the Oppositions series.
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OpinionUse bus station as Preston hub
This is crazy! Preston Bus Station needs to be saved ( News December 14 ).
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OpinionNiemeyer's lost Oxford scheme
In the summer of 1973 I started working as an architectural assistant with Dominic Michaelis Associates.
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OpinionShell Centre site deserves better
I hold no brief for the Shell Centre. That lugubrious 28-storey tower has dominated the South Bank for too long. But, oh, the sheer banality of the proposals illustrated! ( News December 14 ).
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OpinionSennett's wrong about Old Street
I think Richard Sennett’s comments on the Old Street technical institute (News December 14) may be a knee-jerk reaction — it depends on how the building is run.
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OpinionThe high life
Partying with architecture’s bigwigs, trading in architecture for musical fame and hob-nobbing on top of the Shard
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OpinionPreston Bus Station fails the celebrity glamour test
The demolition sentence on BDP’s building shows how the listings system has lost its way
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OpinionStart-up strategy may be short-sighted
Government funding for an east London institution for tech firms overlooks the nature of the industry
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OpinionMake housing hardship a thing of the past
We must learn from history and ensure social housing moves hand in hand with high-quality design
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OpinionIs the impending demolition of Preston bus station justified?
Yes, says Peter Rankin, because refurbishment would be a false economy; while Clare Price argues it is a national icon that could be imaginatively remodelled
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OpinionIt’s business as usual at DC Cabe
Your front page story (News December 7) and editorial about the future of Design Council Cabe seemed to be based on some quite serious misunderstandings.
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OpinionAssemble are genuine radicals
What tired assumptions by Thomas Price ( Letters November 23 ). Assemble are pioneering an imaginative mode of collaborative practice.
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OpinionBeauty could be standardised
In defending his plan for hundreds and thousands of new houses, many of them on green countryside, planning minister Nick Boles argues that “the built environment can be more beautiful than nature” ( News 30 November ).
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OpinionCabe can blame no one else for its imminent demise
The organisation’s recent actions demonstrate how it has lost sight of its values