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OpinionTop trumps
Architect peer follows in Obama’s footsteps, RIBA president keeps a secret, and what Peter Rees really likes about London
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OpinionSpeeding off into an uncertain future
While the MGB is going strong, much of the architecture of its time has not survived
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Architects must focus on housing
In response to the news that many of the houses at Scotland’s Housing Expo have failed to sell, the profession should accept your criticism that it is failing to make sufficient headway in producing sustainable housing that is both high quality and low cost (Leader December 2).
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Battersea is still worth the fight
To come to a responsible decision about the future of Battersea Power Station (News December 1) the questions that need to be asked are first, after so many years of being open to the elements, how much of the building is now left? And, second, how practically feasible is it ...
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OpinionRogers’ architecture is at odds with his politics
Congratulations for bringing to print Marco Goldschmied’s “exposure” of Richard Rogers’ hypocrisy (“Rogers blasted by ex-partner” News December 2).
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OpinionShould Battersea Power Station be demolished?
Yes, says Giles Barrie, it would cost a fortune to rebuild; while Gavin Stamp says it is a great industrial monument
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Activism comes in many forms
I was surprised by your interpretation of my comments at the V&A (“Moussavi: working in the third world is an easy option” News November 25).
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OpinionRogers’ scheme sounds too good to be true
I am delighted to see that Richard Rogers is now declaring his commitment to designing affordable housing (“We’re not in Hyde Park anymore” News November 25).
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Jack Cotton's flighty fortune
The man who ran the firm that designed Jack Cotton’s ill-fated Monico scheme in 1959 (Archive November 25) was a then little-known — as far as London was concerned — Yorkshire architect from Pontefract called John Garlick Llewellyn Poulson.
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OpinionPoor marks for school scheme
As an architect and a long-time resident of Hampstead Garden Suburb, I would describe Hopkins’ extensions to the Henrietta Barnett School (Buildings October 6) as a disaster.
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OpinionIs the autumn statement good news for architects?
Yes, says Andrew Price, the prospects are good for the building sector; but Irena Bauman feels there’s no point picking over the details as the underlying policies are flawed
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OpinionBold may not be bountiful
Architects designing innovative show homes ignore mainstream market trends at their peril
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OpinionArchitect owner of Fenton the deer stalker
Plus, we catch up with Zaha Hadid and George Ferguson
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OpinionOne hard hat doesn’t make a recovery
The stimulus package will need more than cash injections to make a lasting impact
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OpinionAdjaye’s seven-volume sign of the times
Architect’s time-saving ploy is foiled, Chipperfield’s teaching fails to impress, and the story behind Mike Davies’s crimson garb
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OpinionLet’s put our housing in order
Giving cash to housebuilders solves nothing — the government needs to tackle the real issues
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OpinionTake us seriously, but don’t be serious
Versailles shows the significance of interiors, but it’s impossible to escape their artful wit
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OpinionAre government-backed mortgages too risky?
Yes, says Ian Mulheirn, they involve taking a lot of risk onto the public sector balance sheet; while Nick Jopling says it will increase housing supply
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Councils will lose powers to prevent development
Ron Heath (“Planning is built on democracy” Letters November 18) is right to point out the democratic deficit in the Draft National Planning Policy Framework and the Localism Bill but it is potentially even worse than he states in this world of Orwellian “newspeak”.
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OpinionRemember the RIBA’s masque
Your Archive picture (November 18) did not show a dress in the shape of Liverpool Cathedral but the St Paul’s Cathedral costume used in the finale of the masque about Sir Christopher