More Comment – Page 109
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OpinionReach for the Skylon
Boots on the rebirth of the Skylon, congratulating David Adjaye and Hadid’s word on the Welsh
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OpinionArchitects: cut the rhetoric
I wish the young women of vPPR nothing but success (YAYA October 26)…
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OpinionWhy wade into the Boat Race?
Your readers read BD to keep informed about the wide and varied world of architecture and design.
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OpinionHigh Lines should be the norm
We read with some interest Elizabeth Hopkirk’s article, “ London reveals its high hopes ” (Culture October 19), and also attended part of the High Line symposium at the Garden Museum.
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OpinionBuilding what they can sell
By editing my letter in response to Hank Dittmar’s article on the new Building for Life standards ( Opinion October 5 ) and by giving it a misleading title, “ Leave the detail to housebuilders ”, it has conveyed a totally different message to what was intended.
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OpinionArchitects must be at the heart of regulations reform
If the profession doesn’t make its presence felt, the regulations review will succumb to the influence of vested interests
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OpinionLondoners have that sinking feeling
The demise of Gensler’s floating park shows that privately funded schemes need closer scrutiny
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OpinionNow they’ll jail you for rocking the boat
Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield’s imprisonment tells us about the changes to our public space
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OpinionIs listing being swayed by economic factors?
Yes, says Peter Stewart, it is a political decision; while Roger Bowdler says the utmost impartiality is used
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OpinionAbolish the self-obsessed RIBA
Having become an architect accredited in building conservation only to find the RIBA flounced off and set up its own accreditation scheme within the fee it charged me, I recently resigned from the institute.
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OpinionStirling Prize needs new remit
The strangest part of the RIBA Awards is that the EU is included in the Stirling Prize rather than the Lubetkin Prize.
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OpinionCelebrating with Glenn Howells and Richard Rogers
Boots on birthday bashes, broken ankles and keeping mum
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OpinionThe landscape is ours to share
The landscape is ours to share Elizabeth Hopkirk’s article, “ London reveals its high hopes ” (Culture October 19), on the High Line for London ideas competition contains two key errors that must be put right.
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OpinionYoung architects deserve better than a pop-up future
This year’s YAYA shortlist offers hope, but what the profession needs is a new generation of good clients
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OpinionV&A learns too late to pick an architect, not a design
Kengo Kuma’s troubled Dundee scheme calls the whole competition process into question
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OpinionManser win blurs the boundaries
It may have been the best house on the shortlist, but Saturday’s wildcard winner has kicked off a new debate over eligibility
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OpinionWhat happened to Nairn’s townscape?
Many architects have no idea what to do with ‘thrown together’ British cities
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OpinionShould foreign architects be allowed to enter RIBA Awards?
Yes, says Marco Goldschmied, to exclude a building for being ‘foreign’ would be a Ukip stance; while Meredith Bowles thinks it will marginalise British architects
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OpinionStirling: a night to remember?
Post Stirling blues, familiar names at RMJM and a chance to shine at the RIBA
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OpinionDC Cabe's prices reflect market
On the grounds that it is better to be talked about than not, Design Council Cabe is delighted that BD is airing so many opinions about what we are up to.