More Comment – Page 163
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All aboard
Farrell and Grimshaw (September 17 page 2) are clearly modelling themselves on Yellow Submarine era John and Ringo? Even down to the ties, sideburns and glasses. Uncanny.Giles Martin, Wilkinson Eyre, London N19
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Redesigning Stuttgart with vuvuzelas
Noisy protests over its railway station scheme are helping to redefine a changing city
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Has minimalism had its day?
Yes, says Sean Griffiths, it is about fake spirituality; while Seth Stein argues that it is a force for calm in a complex world
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Zaha at her peak
What do Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have in common with mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing?
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Can spirituality be set in stone?
The Pope’s visit raises the question of how architects can offer a sense of the spiritual
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Who do we think we are kidding?
The trend for invoking the Blitz spirit reveals the hollowness of the new architecture of austerity
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One supersize doesn’t fit all
Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to urban design.
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Don’t ditch Dewsbury plans
If Cabe is to be relevant it needs to learn that architecture can no longer be treated in isolation
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Wade in to the beauty debate
There has probably never been a better time to publish a book on architecture and beauty (Debate September 10)
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Textbook design
I have long admired Toby Young for the intelligence of his opinions, but has he blown it? (“Free school pioneer says design not necessary” News September 10).
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Schoolboy error
The problem with Michael Gove’s “wise men” who are reviewing the Department for Education’s capital spending programme is they are not construction professionals.
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Lead by example
Prince Charles’s Natural House is now expected to complete in early 2011 (News September 10).
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Castles in the air
The winning dinosaur entry for your 1975 Natural History Museum competition (Archive August 13) reminded me of my own submission, which illustrated an entirely flexible floor mega-structure surrounding the lodge. What was I thinking?
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Clean streets
Daniel Moylan is right about the need to reduce street clutter. (Debate September 3)
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Correction: 17 September 2010
Ferguson Mann’s proposal to redevelop the Tropicana centre in Weston-super-Mare (News September 10) is a collaboration with S&P and not Faulkner Brown as we were originally told.
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Has Cabe got the teeth to tackle poor design?
No, says Rowan Moore, the watchdog is too close to the professionals it assesses; but Richard Simmons feels Cabe goes as far as it can without statutory powers.
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Don’t pooh-pooh this change
Even before it’s finished, Barbican residents are debating a possible sobriquet for One New Change – the Jean Nouvel shopping complex in the City.
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Will the prince crack the code?
His new book is the latest indication of Prince Charles’s ambition to take the lead in sustainable housing design
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Howells’ act of bravery
It’s about time schemes such as Glenn Howells Architects’ proposal for King’s Cross Central (News September 3) that are brave enough to use proportions and considered design thinking are given credit over the fashionable and icon- orientated dross the profession has churned out in recent years.
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No inspiration
Those of us who objected to Argent’s slash and burn “regeneration” of the King’s Cross site knew there was a major risk that the land between the grade I stations would become a no-place, devoid of character