More Comment – Page 153
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OpinionPrince in context
The Prince of Wales’s reputation in some quarters as an opinionated supporter of classicist architecture certainly doesn’t reflect his whole view of people and places
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OpinionBerlin's walls
Happily Berlin’s alternative ways of doing things do not depend on the survival of Tacheles
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OpinionGet the best from the 3D explosion
The building information model (bim) strategy of using a virtual 3D model to coordinate the design process and generate 2D drawings and schedules has obvious attractions
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OpinionGove cannot go it alone
The government announced last week that Building Schools for the Future is to be replaced by a programme within which all projects will be based on one of six standardised templates.
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OpinionInitiatives need solid foundations too
Stop-start policy-making can never make for good architecture
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OpinionDaddy would not be proud
To borrow from 1066 and All That (which I’m sure Gove would like us all to do), Toby Young is repulsive but right
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Building enmity
The surge in new school building and refurbishing, sponsored by the government and administered by BSF, is to meet the backlog of neglect in the existing stock, caused by many years of shameful lack of maintenance.
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History lessons
Toby Young is right – to a degree – but the argument is getting polarised (News, January 28).
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Blame game
Education has been a political football in the UK since 1945 and this has been, and continues to be, detrimental to the progress of this country
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OpinionPreset limits
Out of the costly BSF frying pan and into the now frugal but still centralised fire! (“’Flat-pack’ schools will make architects redundant” bdonline January 28)
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Falling flat
As someone who has fought battles with his local authority over the quality of design for our local PFI-funded school building projects, the news about flat-pack schools is about as depressing as it gets (bdonline, January 28)
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OpinionShould standardisation be the future of school design?
Yes, says Andrew Geldard, now is our chance to make a virtue of necessity; but Sean Griffiths is contemplating a Jamie Oliver-style campaign against processed schools
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OpinionArchitecture student won’t play ball
Boots tips her cap to any youngster passionate enough to embark on a course of architectural training
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OpinionHousebuilding’s catch-22
In order to cut building costs, the industry needs to spend on technical innovation
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OpinionWhat is the problem with the prince?
Prince Charles’s environmental aims are those you’d want in a developer. So what is it that rankles?
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OpinionOxley Woods: the inside story
Your front page story and leader (January 21) contain much that supports what has been achieved at Oxley Woods to date. However, the headline,”Rogers ditched” is misleading and contradicts the success story described in both pieces