More Comment – Page 179

  • RALA Architect’s winning scheme for the Europan Dublin site.
    Opinion

    Can the Europan architecture competition work in the UK?

    2010-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Yes, it is one of the only opportunities for young architects, says Dominic Papa, while Hans van der Heijden thinks it needs Cabe’s backing

  • Opinion

    Riding the waves of change

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Anniversaries are always a time of reflection, but more interesting is the bigger picture now confronting the profession

  • Wilkinson Eyre’s Brunel Academy in Bristol was the first BSF school in England - but fewer have followed than were promised.
    Opinion

    Axe BSF and save us £2.3bn

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    When the Building Schools for the Future programme was launched in 2004, ministers promised it would result in every state secondary school in England being rebuilt or refurbished by 2020

  • Is Cabe being over-secretive?
    Opinion

    Nothing to hide

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    BD’s “come clean” campaign felt like good investigative journalism until last week. Now it’s getting a bit cheap, and a tad personal

  • Jonathan Glancey
    Opinion

    RIBA’s marriage from hell

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Why stop at weddings at the institute’s headquarters

  • Opinion

    Critical acclaim

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    I would disagree with some of the points made by Ellis Woodman in his Works article on February 19 about the Museum Folkwang

  • Opinion

    Function not fun

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Piers Gough argues against pleasing the public (Debate February 19), saying “forwarding the art of architecture is the point of having architects”

  • Opinion

    Repair this fault

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Open letter to Ruth Reed, president of the RIBA

  • Opinion

    Top ambassadors

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Your article on embassy overruns (News February 19) highlights the problems of the Foreign Office’s selection system

  • Opinion

    Out of sight

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Charles Bain Smith makes a very good point (Letters February 19). Would we accept anything but “invisible mending” for a torn tweed jacket or an oil painting or for personal cosmetic surgery?

  • The proposed titanium leaves.
    Opinion

    Haile laughable

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Your report that titanium leaves costing £3 million are to hide the poverty of London’s East End from the eyes of Olympic visitors (News February 19) reminds me of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie

  • Opinion

    Dot to dot results: 26 February 2010

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The winner of last week’s competition was Stephanie Beck of Architon in Epsom, Surrey, who identified the Mercedes Benz Museum in Stuttgart by UN Studio

  • Bill Mitchell
    Opinion

    Putting the planet in the driving seat

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    The new breed of electric car is compact, cheap and won’t cost the earth

  • Opinion

    Will Stirling feel the Neues?

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Chinese visualisation firm Crystal, sponsor of the London Olympics, won’t be sponsoring this year’s Stirling Prize

  • Can the architect’s role be done by someone else?
    Opinion

    Will the architecture profession still exist in 40 years’ time?

    2010-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Yes it will be flourishing, asserts RIBA president Ruth Reed, while Austin Williams argues that the job is becoming one that can be done by any technocrat

  • The entrance to Mipim
    Opinion

    From yachts to socks – a user's guide to getting the most from Mipim

    2010-03-04T16:17:00Z

    The annual Mipim property fair is one of the industry's rites of passage. With this year’s event looming around the corner, we ask three old hands to offer their top tips on how to make it work for you

  • Opinion

    Poundbury’s public deceit

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Millais (Debate February 19) accuses architects of living in their own narcissistic ghetto and ignoring public opinion. He cites Poundbury as a prime example of what people really want but, if this is the apogee of public taste, god help us all

  • Opinion

    Kick for Cabe

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    It is regrettable that the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) has decided to reduce the involvement of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) in Round 2 of Kickstart

  • Opinion

    One 1967 Jensen FF, full history

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Richard Seifert’s 1967 Jensen FF is up for sale

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    Cabe’s paranoid tendencies

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Our quest to uncover the Kickstart scores has growing parallels with the MPs’ expenses scandal