More Comment – Page 163

  • Grimshaw and Farrell: the fifth and sixth Beatles?
    Opinion

    All aboard

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Opinion

    Redesigning Stuttgart with vuvuzelas

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Noisy protests over its railway station scheme are helping to redefine a changing city

  • John Pawson’s refurbishment of St Moritz Church in Augsburg.
    Opinion

    Has minimalism had its day?

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Yes, says Sean Griffiths, it is about fake spirituality; while Seth Stein argues that it is a force for calm in a complex world

  • Hadid: because it’s there.
    Opinion

    Zaha at her peak

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    What do Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher have in common with mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing?

  • Opinion

    Can spirituality be set in stone?

    2010-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The Pope’s visit raises the question of how architects can offer a sense of the spiritual

  • Opinion

    Who do we think we are kidding?

    2010-09-17T00:10:00Z

    The trend for invoking the Blitz spirit reveals the hollowness of the new architecture of austerity

  • Jonathan Glancey
    Opinion

    One supersize doesn’t fit all

    2010-09-17T00:10:00Z

    Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to urban design.

  • Amanda Baillieu - Editor
    Opinion

    Don’t ditch Dewsbury plans

    2010-09-17T00:09:00Z

    If Cabe is to be relevant it needs to learn that architecture can no longer be treated in isolation

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    Opinion

    Wade in to the beauty debate

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    There has probably never been a better time to publish a book on architecture and beauty (Debate September 10)

  • Opinion

    Textbook design

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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).

  • Opinion

    Schoolboy error

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    Lead by example

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Prince Charles’s Natural House is now expected to complete in early 2011 (News September 10).

  • Arnold’s ambitious design.
    Opinion

    Castles in the air

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • Opinion

    Clean streets

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Daniel Moylan is right about the need to reduce street clutter. (Debate September 3)

  • Opinion

    Correction: 17 September 2010

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Collado Collins’ Tesco scheme for Bromley-by-Bow was given the green light despite being savaged in Cabe’s design reviews.
    Opinion

    Has Cabe got the teeth to tackle poor design?

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Say what you see.
    Opinion

    Don’t pooh-pooh this change

    2010-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Even before it’s finished, Barbican residents are debating a possible sobriquet for One New Change – the Jean Nouvel shopping complex in the City.

  • Amanda Baillieu - Editor
    Opinion

    Will the prince crack the code?

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    His new book is the latest indication of Prince Charles’s ambition to take the lead in sustainable housing design

  • Howells’ King’s Cross scheme.
    Opinion

    Howells’ act of bravery

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Opinion

    No inspiration

    2010-09-10T00:00:00Z

    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