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OpinionDoes Fat win the popular vote?
As ever with Fat, the “jokey” architectural language is overlaid with some pretty intelligent planning (Buildings April 27).
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OpinionBattersea ideas are out of touch
The call for demolition [of Battersea Power Station] (bdonline April 20) is absolutist — and not in keeping with the times.
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OpinionLondon Met plan beggars belief
The news that London Metropolitan University is contemplating selling Wright & Wright’s brilliant Women’s Library building in Whitechapel and its priceless collection of papers and books is an outrage
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OpinionWill architects buy Tesco’s pledge to improve design?
With development budgets tight, practices shouldn’t ignore the opportunities that Britain’s biggest retailer offers
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OpinionIf only stations would drop the shops
How railway stations, such as King’s Cross, allow architects to get round planning rules
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OpinionCan architects benefit from self-build?
Yes, says Julian Owen, all schemes need design experts to succeed; but David Birkbeck foresees the rise of kit houses
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OpinionCutty Sark splits public opinion
The Cutty Sark (News April 20 & 27) has been condemned to share the fate of the seaside-town flowerbed vessels stranded by the roadside, full to their gunwales with mud and pansies for the titillation of sentimental landlubbers.
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OpinionVAT pool defence is demoralising
The extraordinary reliance on swimming pools to imply gross abuse by the wealthy in the discussion about removing the VAT zero-rating on listed buildings (Debate April 27) is derisory, like the branding of major philanthropists as tax avoiders.
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OpinionLamont’s lament, glacial tables and support for Ken
Norman Lamont’s PFI lament, Hadid’s aquatic opinions and Richard Rogers chooses sides in the race for mayor
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OpinionWhen we were modern
Ellis Woodman applauds the largest Bauhaus exhibition to be staged in the UK in over 40 years.
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OpinionPractices need to embrace self-build
Architects have a major role to play in improving the quality of kit homes on the market
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OpinionKettle’s departure leaves RMJM drowning not waving
The architect of the Gazprom tower quits as the international firm’s reputation sinks further
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OpinionThe other side of Livingstone
Coming from the architect of London’s most secretive and top-down building, Terry Farrell’s critique (“Farrell tells of fears of Livingstone as mayor” News April 20) of Ken is a bit rich and utterly wrong when it comes to Ken not being close to local communities.
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Schools require careful study
As a former group leader in the Schools Division of Somerset County Council, I am glad to see so many pages devoted to school design (BD Reviews April 20).
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OpinionHigh streets need local focus
The high street should be redefined as the place for local enterprise to blossom and flourish (Debate March 30).
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OpinionAirport solution is close at hand
After 50 years, Heathrow is losing its economically critical position for the UK, as Europe’s principal intercontinental transfer airport.
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OpinionWhich button should we be wearing?
The rush to make architectural masterpieces is costing Rotterdam dear
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OpinionWill the VAT changes endanger listed buildings?
Yes, says Kate Pugh, it will discourage owners from necessary work; but Sarah Gibbs claims the measure is a much-needed correction on the tax system
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OpinionWhen austerity overtakes architectural ambition
When large-scale architectural projects fail economically, how much is the design to blame?