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OpinionShould planners encourage development in a recession?
Jonathan Seager of the British Property Federation says the recession requires a more flexible approach, but Ian Dungavell, Director of the Victorian Society, disagrees
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OpinionShowing no Mersey for Carbuncle Cup winner
The news that Liverpool’s ferry terminal had clinched the 2009 Carbuncle Cup was picked up by a host of media last week
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OpinionKeep the Lighthouse shining
Glasgow’s Lighthouse may be in difficulties but it’s the only real architecture centre we have
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OpinionWork smarter, not harder
I was sorry to read Mario Sua Kay’s letter (August 14) regarding your leader on holidays and of the impact Mario’s workload is having on his health
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Cladding failure
In his article on Glasgow (Urban Trawl August 14), Owen Hatherley mentions the Dundasvale Estate and the Glasgow Housing Association policy on demolition and recladding
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OpinionNew regime means new woes
So, which party should architects vote for? I’m sorry; I’m stumped
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Scots exodus
On the face of it Owen Hatherley’s article is quite a damning and thorough critique on Glasgow. But it fails to mention the residential and educational work in the city of Elder & Cannon, the excellent Beatson Institute by Reiach & Hall and the regeneration of the Merchant City
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Words of wisdom
In Arb’s recent eBulletin we are told that according to its new code, which has been two years in the making, architects should do the following
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OpinionTrinity's team
Boots (August 14) attributes the design of Trinity Square (the Get Carter car park) solely to Rodney Gordon. That is incorrect.
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OpinionMarket forces
You state that Hopkins’ plans for Greenwich Market are on course to be approved (bdonline August 21). Is Greenwich Council mad?
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Stirling rethink
I agree with Will Alsop (Debate July 31): the Stirling Prize should be about building design
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OpinionSecret of success is in the sequence
Another look at the Plan of Work could help enhance the role of designers
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OpinionDo Prince Charles's views represent the people?
About as much as Louis XIV’s did, argues Kate Macintosh; while Robert Bargery counters that he echoes the voice of Middle England
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Opinion"Remote" Stirling connection
The RIBA’s claim that there is “a remote connection” between Stirling judge Stephen Bates and Tony Fretton, tipped to win this year’s prize, seems a little bit of an understatement if you read Ellis Woodman’s interview with the former in a Sergison Bates monograph for 2G
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OpinionRogers failed to put the case
In his letter on Chelsea Barracks (July 17) Richard Rogers says: “There has been a steady flow of misinformation about Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ approach to the design”
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OpinionA second bite at the cherry
Chelsea Barracks’ developer seems determined not to repeat the mistakes of the ill-fated Rogers Stirk Harbour masterplan
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Data processing
Your article on the number of black teachers in architecture schools (News July 31) presents a misleading picture of diversity in architecture as both a career and an academic discipline
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OpinionDubai? I can’t do Stevenage
I can’t help feeling that cities that grow all too quickly out of imperial decrees, government diktats, or desert sands are rarely successful