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OpinionAmbassadors for UK design
Economising on the embassy programme could prove to be an expensive mistake
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The darker side of King’s Cross
Richard Wentworth (Buildings October 21) says the King’s Cross granary building “has scrubbed up well”.
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Good cities value the everyday
I agree with Owen Hatherley (Opinion October 21) that the standard of everyday buildings defines the architecture of the age. I wish I understood, however, why architects seem to have so little admiration for the everyday
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OpinionScotland: it’s starting to irritate me
As the shift to independence gathers pace, all sides are using architecture as a political tool
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Mainstream buildings do not need design reviews
The problems with design reviews go deeper than those mentioned in your leader (October 21). Very few new buildings could be scrutinised in this labour-intensive way — all conceivable paymasters are skint. But even if widespread design review could somehow be afforded, it still isn’t the answer.
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OpinionRegrets over pier recognition
The monumental fall-out between Graham Morrison and Marks Barfield which featured on last week’s front page presumably broke after Morrison had dispatched his letter to the City of London planners objecting to the proposal to build a floating park opposite his Thames-side flat.
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OpinionIn bed with Brett
Star attraction at the AA’s 51N4E exhibition is this daybed the practice designed for a house in its native Belgium.
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OpinionBirthing pains
Boots is grateful to the blog Spitalfields Life for highlighting the plight of the area’s former Jewish Maternity Hospital, where Alma Cogan, Arnold Wesker and Lionel Bart were all born, and which is threatened with demolition by the Peabody Trust to make way for a 14-storey tower.
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OpinionChamber of horrors
It seems not everyone hates MediaCity UK as much as this year’s Carbuncle Cup jury.
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OpinionShould the Venturis be given this year’s RIBA Gold Medal?
Yes, says Charles Holland, the duo’s contribution is phenomenal; but Jack Pringle claims the pair’s buildings failed to live up to their fine words
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OpinionLife beyond London
Peter Bishop’s vision of devolved design review is going to be hard to deliver but worth the struggle
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OpinionCities stand or fall on mediocrity
The standard of everyday buildings defines the architecture of the age
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OpinionTrick of the light
Sean Griffiths of Fat is the latest architect to star in Icopal’s “Faces of British Architecture” ad campaign, photographed along with 43 other familiar faces (http://valencyarchive.co.uk/project/6319) by Tim Soar.
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Healthcare facilities need the best designers
Just 40 years ago, in 1971, similar buildings to the Glasgow Maggie’s Centre (Buildings October 7) were built as “homes” for young disabled people then living out their lives in geriatric hospital wards.
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Foster is on shaky ground
Norman Foster’s Jerusalem project sounds exciting (World News September 30), but there are reservations to participating in this scheme.
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Leave personal politics out of it
I don’t give a flying fandango what political views Imre Makovecz held, and don’t think anyone but his clients should either.
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Haven't we seen this before?
To quote Jeremy Dixon on his Tatlin’s Tower sculpture (News October 14) “it’s an enduringly interesting monument that has only existed as rather obscure drawings and models in the past”.
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An elegy for Steve Jobs
I was invited to Ron Herron’s office when he was given the first Apple Macintosh to play with, providing he would allow potential purchasers to view his work.
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