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OpinionNewsflash from Tbilisi: demolition of the Lermontov House
Georgia’s architectural history is disappearing at a terrifying rate
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OpinionFoundations live in the memory
David Rogers (News May 11) has misunderstood Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei’s plans for this year’s Serpentine pavilion.
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OpinionSingle-minded on double-aspect
Thank you for a lovely review of an attractive building (Buildings May 11).
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OpinionBoris, get tough on development
A key task for Boris Johnson’s second term must surely be to get a grip on the hateful tide of ugliness steadily creeping across his great city.
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OpinionWaterloo space is being eroded
Owen Hatherley (Opinion May 4) does not mention the huge curving structure filling in the upper levels of the eastern side of Waterloo station, currently causing great inconvenience to passengers.
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OpinionRefurbish Elliott, don't demolish it
While I agree entirely with Kate Macintosh in her description of buildings as a public embodiment of collective memory (Letters May 11), her “musings” have a wistful, elegiac tone of resignation which, at least in the case of Elliott School, I hope is premature.
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OpinionNo wonder RIBA’s election was a one-horse race
Harry Rich’s Radio 4 clutter conversation may explain architects’ reluctance to stand for president
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OpinionIt’s time for a new Serpentine design brief
Why the architecture competition has run its course
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OpinionSchools may learn design the hard way
Money-saving briefing packs may demand too much from buildings and architects
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OpinionIs Herzog & de Meuron’s Serpentine pavilion a con?
Yes, says Robert Adam, it shows conceptual architecture should not involve buildings; but John McAslan says it embodies the essence of good design
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OpinionTwo stings for the AA, a high-profile wicket at Lord’s and frustration at the education department
Boots on Brett Steele, John Major and Michael Gove
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OpinionBad design has nowhere left to hide
The Carbuncle Cup long list shows that even a well-known name is no defence against sub-standard design
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OpinionFraud fiasco, 'fake' design and fierce criticism
Boots looks in on the AA, the Serpentine and the Maxxi
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OpinionCan Ferguson end our cynicism about mayors?
Mayors have the power to revitalise our cities, but politicians are seen as incapable of delivering change
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OpinionSerpentine team digs deep for magic
A pavilion that focuses on a hole in the ground and some rainwater is going to need that extra something
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OpinionRussia needs a new type of revolution
Standoffs, rows, split ownership and corruption are taking their toll on Moscow’s constructivist buildings
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OpinionShould the government fund public projects?
Yes, says Lewis Goodall, private finance alone is not enough; but Steve McGuckin feels it is time to explore alternatives models of funding
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OpinionPublic forgotten in station design
Owen Hatherley (Opinion May 4) states that “public comfort is low on the list of things required in a contemporary transport hub”.
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OpinionDemolition aims to erase the past
The news of the threat both to John Bancroft’s listed school in Wandsworth and to the archives of the Women’s Library and the Trades Union Congress Collection in the not-so-safe-keeping of the London Met gives rise to musings on the importance of the collective memory.
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OpinionSelf-build needs to be affordable
We too share the government’s enthusiasm for self-build houses (Leader May 4).