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At first hand
Last July six London-based women architects spent 10 days on an exchange visit with women architects, engineers and planners in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
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Legal function
Architects are seen by many to be an expensive luxury, as well as uncommercially and untechnically minded.
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Cold war relic
I was intrigued by the line in your review of the Tony Fretton British Embassy in Poland (Solutions January 16) suggesting the original ambassador’s residence, planned for demolition, had been saved
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Correction
An editing error to Gordon Murray’s letter last week suggested that James Stirling’s Andrew Melville Hall was geographically near a trio of redbrick buildings.
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OpinionAwards need a proper prize
Removing the cash reward from the Stirling Prize sends out the wrong message both to architects and the wider world
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OpinionSociety is built on a shed in Thurrock
News this week that food prices in 2008 rose by 12% have confirmed what most of us already knew: that cheap food can no longer be taken for granted. But what about food itself? Surely we can rely on that? On the other hand, perhaps not
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OpinionIs it all over for Robin Hood Gardens housing estate?
Yes, residents are in touching distance of having the new homes they want, says council leader Lutfur Rahman; while Alan Powers argues that refurbishment would be a win-win outcome
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Turning tables
How will the RIBA get over the embarrassment of handing out architecture’s main prize with no cash for the winner?
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Jam tomorrow
Depressed architects are being encouraged to strum their troubles away, Boots hears
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OpinionKiwi attraction
Grand Designs and Stirling Prize presenter Kevin McCloud is fast becoming a heart-throb down under
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OpinionRipping yarn
While they may now have spent six months without a paying visitor, staff at the Public art gallery in West Bromwich have not been at a loss as to how to fill their time.
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Eastern promise
In these difficult times, a diverse set of skills is essential — a point demonstrated by Adam Woodyatt, better known as Eastenders' Ian Beale
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OpinionRecession? Yes, but also great architecture
Whilst the history books will record the recession, they’ll also remember great architecture, says Gensler’s Chris Johnson
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OpinionWhy towers must aim high
Herzog & de Meuron’s towers will reignite a debate about London’s skyline that ought to be solely about good architecture
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OpinionLet’s fix the roof before the next storm
We need to align policy around the idea that our homes are not a suitable subject for speculation
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OpinionShould architecture schools care about league tables?
Yes, says Westminster University’s Murray Fraser, they help raise the bar all round; no, says Lincoln School of Architecture’s Nicholas Temple, they are convenient but give too narrow a view
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OpinionBeyond technicalities
It was gratifying to read of the great research success of UK architecture schools (News January 9), but it is important to make a few clarifications.
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Pulling rank
Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed the omission of some leading research institutions from your list of the “top 25” schools of architecture (News January 9).
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Spirited place
I enjoyed your piece on Jim Stirling’s Andrew Melville Hall (Solutions January 9). As my daughter is studying in St Andrews, I take every opportunity to wander around the last of his university buildings in the UK.
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OpinionEasy does it
Future Systems’ Jan Kaplicky suggests “[Fosters’ bus] entry is totally obsolete” (Boots January 9). I would agree — not because of the design concept but because it would be economically impracticable to construct and maintain.