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OpinionLiverpool views
Liverpool One may not have impressed Hans van der Heijden (Boots July 31) but, unlike his work for a puerile housing scheme in Birkenhead and indeed the immensely disappointing Bluecoat Chambers scheme, the “masterplan” is very popular here in Liverpool
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Past and present
I am of course sorry that the British Museum has been frustrated in its expansion plans, which may well be badly needed (News July 31)
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Glut of standards
The main problem with the size of new homes (bdonline June 11) is the range of standards being applied
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Working holiday
I loved the little bit in your leader (July 24) advising architects to resolve the company’s problems before going on holiday
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OpinionModernism sells better with frocks
Coco Before Chanel reminds us why we rarely see architecture on the big screen
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OpinionShould bad architecture be named and shamed?
Fat’s Sean Griffiths says that by denouncing bad buildings quality will improve, but Anna Liu argues this is a dangerous vehicle for biased criticism
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Rich pickings at the RIBA
Leafing through the RIBA’s report and accounts for 2008, Boots’ eye was drawn to a section marked “staff costs”
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OpinionCapturing the end of an era
Only a small part of Bill Mitchell’s article is correct (Opinion July 24). The Kodachrome process was largely unknown in England until the late 1940s — most of the first colour images of England were taken by American servicemen or by expensive fashion magazines
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Carbon baloney
I think both architects and the specialist media are still paying lip service to the carbon-neutral issue. You need to get your act together if you are serious about this
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OpinionShould we love or hate fascist buildings?
We condemn buildings built by fascists because of their political history rather than their architectural worth
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OpinionTrue vision
David Nixon’s article (News Analysis July 17) is not only well informed and relevant, but inserts a recent and precious vision of the future by Jan Kaplicky
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Tipping point
The contrast between BD articles “Adjaye brought to brink of insolvency” and “Gimme shelter” (News & Works July 24) could hardly have illustrated better the tipping point between the old world and the new order at which architecture finds itself
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Doublethink
The proposition at the epicentre of modernist architecture is that, to be worthy, a design should reflect its time, its zeitgeist
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Oakus pocus
So what exactly is so transformatory about Kevin McCloud’s new development (News July 24)?
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Barracks battle
While I sympathise with RSHP’s difficulties over the Chelsea Barracks scheme, aren’t we fighting the wrong battle with the wrong person in calling for a boycott?
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OpinionMasterplan for the future
Stirling has already swayed from its origins, so why not include masterplans?
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Clarification
In our story “Adjaye brought to brink of insolvency” (News July 24) we quoted RIBA Director of Professional Services Richard Brindley as saying that “Ojeu rules for all public contracts say that bidders can’t be in any form of insolvency”
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OpinionArchitects must expand their horizons
The profession can learn a lot from the TED model of thinking outside the box