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OpinionSpanish siestas, Venetian loans and Stirling observations
Chipperfield takes a break, Spanish architectural woes and the Stirling Prize finds a media partner
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OpinionArchitects are drifting away from democracy
The profession’s aversion to interference may end up doing it harm
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OpinionShould the South Bank Centre be listed?
Yes says Henrietta Billings, it is a versatile, intriguing architectural composition, no says Robert Adam, to survive it needs to be useful, robust and liked by the community- not just architects, art historians and their camp followers
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OpinionBritish schools cannot compete
An exodus of teaching talent is part of the reason our schools are underperforming
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OpinionRIBA can’t walk away from Pleasure Gardens fiasco
Matchmaker role shouldn’t mean leaving young practices to sink or swim with inexperienced clients
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OpinionDoes architecture need television?
Yes, says Charles Knevitt, the profession is in desperate need of more formats to make it accessible; but Rob Gregory feels the best building design has nothing to do with mass media
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Opinion
An open and shut case
I am writing in response to the letters in the July 6 edition from Philip Wilson (Barnet) and Peter Howell (Oxford) about planning refusal for a scheme for a simple house extension in Moseley.
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OpinionLocation dictates the success of monument design
Memorials built out of town stand a better chance of flying below the radar
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OpinionCreativity in education is key
In response to Robert Mull’s statement on the importance of design in education (News July 6), as architects, focusing on creativity and innovation — and their corollary, design — as our goals, is essential.
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OpinionDon't judge by image alone
Apologies to all who might be offended by the images published in BD (News July 6).
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OpinionResearch into fear of heights
Gillian Darley (Opinion July 6) dares to mention that she is one who hides her fear of heights in frozen silence, and wonders how many decide not to work, live or study in a building because it scares them witless.
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OpinionShard of class? It's the British way
Southwark’s new symbol of foreign wealth epitomises compromise and contradiction, but you have to bow to a brave statement
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OpinionSouthbank certificate is no surprise
Decision to give Archigram’s complex immunity from listing sends out all the wrong messages
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OpinionLocal uproar, Kansas City Olympics and Piano's got soul
Fat and Grayson Perry cause a local stir
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OpinionDon’t write off modern Bristol
While it is true that, as Rob Gregory says, Bristol has not figured highly in the annals of contemporary architecture since around 1907 (Culture June 22), as the joint organiser of two recent one-day tours of “modern” architecture in Bristol for the Twentieth Century Society, I would not want anyone ...
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OpinionStop sniping at local planners
It makes good copy, of course, but Apec Architects’ Ken Fisher’s views on what he perceives to be the failings of his local planning authority do him, and his profession, a disservice (News June 29).
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OpinionA simple plaque would suffice
Bryan Avery (Letters June 29) obviously has not seen the recent critical comments of Liam O’Connor’s Bomber Command memorial design by Brian Sewell and Simon Jenkins in the Evening Standard and Ross Clark in the Times — as well as Gillian Darley (Opinion June 8).
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OpinionRIBA is colluding in this free-for-all
Your front page story and leader (June 29) state that the RIBA has complained to the prime minister about project managers offering architects’ services for free, whiletaking a management fee for arranging design competitions.
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OpinionThe path to a lasting legacy
Without pedestrian access the Olympic Park will yield no benefits for the people of east London