More Comment – Page 166
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OpinionTime to take a broader view
Plans to demolish part of Broadgate show how the City is still desperate to give the banks what they want
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OpinionSweet mystery of small spaces
We need the wonder of Roald Dahl’s stories in the design of small spaces and places
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OpinionThe New Homes Bonus is not enough
It’s not realistic to ask councils to wait until 2012 for planning legislation
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OpinionHomework in the crypt? Historic churches and free schools
Disused historic churches can be part of a creative solution for the free schools programme
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OpinionBrady’s low pay challenge
RIBA’s next president faces a tricky job turning her strong words on poor working conditions into action.
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Olympics should look to Edinburgh
As the Edinburgh Festival shows, the ephemeral can show the way forward for serious projects.
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OpinionGolden years in Munich
With a bit of guessing I recognised my uncle Christian Grzimek as the elegant young man in the third top row, with his hand on his head, in your photo of Behnisch’s Olympic team (Archive July 23)
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All in it together
I know the Carbuncle Cup was started as a bit of a joke but buildings last a long time and affect many generations
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It's behind you
I’d say the winner must be Strata, which is visible from absolutely everywhere in London (other than from inside the building itself)!
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OpinionDream team
As Charles Holland rightly argues (Opinion July 23), producing architecture is a team effort, invariably depending on the procurement process and in particular the attitude and approach of the client from the start
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Draught details
Re your feature on Dartington Primary School (BD Reviews July), whatever happened to the principles of “Good hat and good shoes”? Only time will tell. At least the shed has an overhang
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Total recall
I have only just read Boots’ comment (July 16) about Charles Rennie Mackintosh being accused of pinching others’ details
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Clarification
We have been asked to point out that B3 Architects had no involvement with the Trinity Leeds shopping centre (News July 23) and it was led by both EMBT and Stanley Bragg until it was handed over to Chapman Taylor.
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OpinionIs there anything we can learn from housing expos?
Nick Ebbs says yes, public response can galvanise new ideas, but Peter Wilson believes they are essentially one-off affairs
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OpinionHousing grant seems over-generous
There’s nothing like puffing your chest out when you’re under pressure
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OpinionWe must not shop ’til we drop
It’s time to stop squandering special buildings in the never-ending quest to build more chain shops
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OpinionGive Haiti more time before you judge its recovery
The six month anniversary of the earthquake in Haiti has recently triggered some fairly negative press about the lack of progress being made in the reconstruction effort.
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OpinionCabe is ready to face the future
The comments by Sir Stuart Lipton and Jon Rouse, reported on your front page last week, ironically were about the growth in Cabe’s size and remit which they helped to foster