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Opinion
Correction: January 29 2010
The practice set up by former directors of John Clark Associates — which designed Huddersfield’s HD One scheme (News January 29) — is WBG Design, not WCB Design as reported.
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OpinionDrinking in the Swedish experience
Sweden shows that if we want better public buildings, we need to address our society first
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OpinionHave we become too fixated on modern materials?
Yes, they are more of a threat than a promise to the green agenda, argues Howard Lidell, while Arup’s Adrian Campbell says widespread favouring of traditional materials is simplistic
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OpinionSilent witness
Alexander George, aka Richard George, was strangely uncommunicative when Boots called to ask him about his attack on Grimshaw’s offices last month
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OpinionEveryone loves a good story
In developing the site of Libeskind’s ill-fated proposal, the V&A wants to ensure that this time it wins broad public support
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OpinionRetrofit Birmingham? Mice might sew
Wonderful and extraordinary news from the West Midlands proves a false dawn
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OpinionMidtown, the last bastion of shabbiness
Enjoy it while it lasts, the grimy integrity of this central London patch will soon be sandblasted off the map
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OpinionIs outer space the next architectural frontier?
As space becomes the domain of the private sector, architects will be increasingly important, says Foster & Partners’ John Jennings, while Robin Nicholson argues we should master building on earth rather than screwing up space
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Pass the Bayley
News that Stephen Bayley is to become the Times’s new architecture correspondent came as a surprise to Tom Dyckhoff who currently holds the job
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OpinionSave our post-war schools
While it’s great to see a large batch of Victorian and Edwardian schools listed (News January 22), it’s the later, 20th century, and especially post-war, schools that we are most likely to lose
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Brighton knocks
Your articles last week on demolition versus preservation of Victorian schools was reflected in the Brighton Society’s experience of trying to preserve distinguished school buildings in Brighton and Hove
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Flat broke
Cole Thompson Anders (Letters January 22) is to be praised for achieving an excellent result based upon Building for Life (BFL) criteria
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False economy
Ken Livingstone (Opinion January 15) advocates imposing higher standards on all new developments “as this will lead to a downward pressure on land prices”
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OpinionRude welcome
Judging only from the photographs of Christ’s College secondary school (Works January 22) it does seem, to my eye, and maybe to the eye of a child, to be oppressively unwelcoming and cheerless from the outside. Pity
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Clarification
After last week’s news story about the east London mosque, Newham Council has asked us to make it clear that, while a compulsory purchase order is an option, it is not one they are actively considering.
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OpinionA lesson schools must learn
In their enthusiasm to replace Victorian school buildings, are councils repeating the mistakes they made with housing?
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OpinionUniversities did not overspend
University spending has not been luxurious and cutting expenditure will have serious long-term implications for the sector (Leader January 15)
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New schools first
The Building Schools for the Future programme has always been committed to the refurbishment of existing school buildings or other suitable premises where appropriate (News January 15) — and there are numerous examples so far, such as Elm Court School in Lambeth, which have given a new life into historic ...