More Comment – Page 110
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OpinionArb's problem is protecting title
Imagine if the Ordine degli Architetti told Domus that it cannot refer to Norman Foster as an architect.
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OpinionLeave the detail to housebuilders
For Hank Dittmar ( Opinion October 5 ) to award Building for Life 12 an amber light because it concentrates on the essential qualities of neighbourhood, character and the qualities of external space — and does not attempt to tackle the subjective issues of appearance, materials, details and construction — ...
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OpinionAbolishing Arb would be in step with Tory times
The reality is that architects would be better off lobbying community minister Don Foster to reform Arb
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OpinionThe world’s great cities are under threat
From Aleppo to St Petersburg, historic cities are crumbling within a political vacuum
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OpinionWas the RIBA right to criticise the EFA’s baseline school designs?
Yes, says Michal Cohen, it’s the RIBA’s job to critique public building programmes; but Rob Charlton believes its sensational language helps nobody
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OpinionArchitects must defend schools
I cannot agree with your suggestion that architects collaborate with the assault on school space standards ( Leader October 5 ).
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OpinionArb proves it is unfit for purpose
Years ago, I was a member of Arb when it was a credible and constructive registration board.
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OpinionKahn’s vision of freedom lives on
Nearly 40 years after his death, the newly completed Four Freedoms Park accurately reflects its architect’s design
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OpinionIt’s time to stop sulking and face the new school realities
The RIBA and the profession need to knuckle down and make themselves indispensable to the government’s education plans
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OpinionDesign Council Cabe stalls at the lights
The new Building for Life standards mark a change in emphasis
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OpinionIf Renzo Piano is not an architect…
Arb’s request that foreign designers should not be able to use the word ‘architect’ is very bizarre indeed
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OpinionHave the national papers let architects down?
Yes, says David Chipperfield, it is useful to compare European coverage; while Jonathan Glancey says it is a symptom of economic pressures
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OpinionFrank words
The RIBA, the British Library, Birmingham and Shoreditch get more than they bargained for
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OpinionArchitects must ask questions
Of course David Chipperfield is right (“ Architects blamed for decline in public trust ”, News, September 28).
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OpinionCriticism needs no carbuncles
Given the interest in BD’s 2012 Carbuncle Cup announcement (BD September 14) I thought to add a few sentences.
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OpinionSelf-build has little to offer architects
The call to rejoin the self-build movement is seductive but there are likely to be few opportunities
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OpinionDC Cabe needs to regain its focus
Design Council Cabe might have a touch of amnesia (“ Should Cabe stay with the Design Council? ” Debate September 21.)
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OpinionHoney, I shrunk the schools
Non-teaching space is under threat, but is that such a bad thing?
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OpinionArchitects must champion a new public discourse
We need more figures from the profession to follow David Chipperfield in brokering fresh debate about the built environment