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Be professional
Jonathan Glancey is heading in the right direction when he argues that we should redesign the planners, though I would go the next step and redesign the planning system
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Hitting home
Royal Star & Garter Homes’ withdrawal from Gladedale and Network Rail’s proposed mixed development scheme at Hampton Court Station (News July 16) comes as little surprise to those of us in the local community who, since early 2004, have questioned the wisdom of the running down and eventual closure of ...
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Free for all
If the facts on the government’s free schools proposals are being reported correctly (News July 16), this shows how completely asinine the whole venture is
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OpinionJanet & Michael
Architects should ask themselves why the government is trying to press its free schools policy through with indecent haste
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Forever Young
Just a reminder that it was “professional hack” Toby Young who joined the former Tory architecture minister Ed “five days in the job” Vaizey and education secretary Michael “can’t stop grinning” Gove in attacking the architectural profession for “creaming off” profits from Building Schools for the Future on the Newsnight ...
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OpinionWe must face the ugly truth
Critics of BD’s Carbuncle Cup fail to see how it reflects the profession’s growing self-confidence
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Redesign the exam machines
Let’s reimagine the schools of the future and leave behind New Labour’s slick academies
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OpinionWhy BD’s cup is a poisoned chalice
Laughing at bad buildings is self-destructive and fails to address the real issues, says Charles Holland.
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OpinionKaplicky’s library rides again
Fans of Jan Kaplicky’s design for the National Library in Prague will be pleased to learn of plans to ensure the Czech authorities face a constant reminder of their failure to deliver the scheme
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OpinionShould buildings up for listing be given interim protection?
Catherine Croft says yes, otherwise important buildings will be lost, but Richard Coleman says no further powers are needed
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OpinionEllis Woodman asks why the best building built in Britain last year isn't on this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist
It always looked like this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist was going to be dominated by museums and galleries and so it has come to pass: three of the six buildings are of that type.
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OpinionBig society looks set to backfire
Even if you don’t side with critics of David Cameron’s Big Society, it’s hard to see how it’ll make any serious difference.
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Please keep your references to yourself
Cladding covered with pictures of knives and forks doesn’t make a building any more ’local’.
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OpinionWe need to redesign planners
Demanding a high standard of professionalism would genuinely raise our quality of life.
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Opinion3Rs: reuse, rethink, research
A hiatus in building provides the opportunity to properly research how we can get the best schools for our money.
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OpinionGove has made the right move
Though understandably frustrating for the people directly concerned, education secretary Michael Gove has done the right thing in axing the 700 or so Building Schools for the Future projects
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Small comfort
As a partner in a small architectural practice with over 15 years of experience working with schools and local authorities, we saw the BSF swallow up our workload
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Tory brutality
BSF can be criticised for many things, and wholesale change is necessary, but the brutal way in which the school programme was axed, with no consultation or evaluation of the value of projects other than what was contractually obliged, is indicative of the relish and haste at which this government ...
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Good riddance
The axing of BSF will be hard on some architects but will benefit just about everyone else