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OpinionFuture transport
Is it a toy? Is it the Olympic Village transport system? No, it’s the B-Bus, or Boris Bus, Future Systems’ proposed new London routemaster, which was beaten by Fosters’ entry in the mayor’s competition for a design to replace Ken Livingstone’s bendy buses.
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No House room
Still with Foster’s, word reaches Boots that Norman Foster is to be questioned again over his shadowy tax status.
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OpinionNew year, new uncertainties
The problems of the economy may be making the government more responsive to its critics in other areas
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OpinionLegend of Utzon sails into the sunset
The saga of Jørn Utzon’s greatest legacy is part myth, part Bergman epic
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OpinionShould London’s Olympic stadium be an iconic design?
Yes, says Will Alsop, the stadium is the image of the Olympics that millions will see, but Graham Morrison and Bob Allies believe this design fulfills a wider and more complex legacy role
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OpinionDid 2008 spell the end of gratuitous shape-making in architecture?
Yes, and good riddance, says Malcolm Fraser, but the Victorian Society’s David Garrard sees no sign of the artistry disappearing
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OpinionOffence will lose RIBA members
Last week I received a letter from the president of the RIAS outlining the RIBA’s intention to increase subscriptions by 3% and asking for the views of the profession in Scotland. I am not in favour.
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On good terms
Your article, “RIBA fees hike sparks threat of RIAS divorce” (December 12), could bear some clarification.
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Never married
I am intrigued to know how a body which has been wholly independent for almost 100 years can be accused of “breaking away” and “separatism”?
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Time to think
Carolyn Steel (Opinion December 5) raises an important question ignored for the past decade: how to improve derelict real estate and retain the community hub within it.
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Spec saver
Your front page coverage of the Good Homes Alliance’s critique of the Green Guide to Specification (News December 5) is not an accurate reflection of the development of the guide.
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Corrections
AOC teaches at London Metropolitan University, not Leeds, as stated in Debate, December 5.
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Set for blast-off
Countless heritage and archaeology bodies have given their views on the location for the Stonehenge visitor centre, and the Council for British Archaeology for one isn’t letting boring old pragmatism get in the way.
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Women’s world
Good to see that former culture minister Margaret Hodge’s efforts to put more women in high-profile public cultural roles in beginning to bear fruit, with Liz Forgan named this week as the new — and first-ever female — chair of Arts Council England.
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Crack force
Delicate repairs have been made this week to the glass roof of Norman Foster’s huge greenhouse, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, two and a half years after one of the 785 panes rather mysteriously cracked.
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OpinionChipping in
Boots was delighted to be invited to Pringle Brandon’s Christmas “Champagne & Chips” party, but dismayed to find it was on December 23.
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OpinionCard sharps
A fine crop of Christmas cards has arrived at BD Towers over the past few weeks.
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OpinionMore Thames than Mersey
Liverpool ought to have dominated the cultural year. As European City of Culture, it hosted its fair share of architectural events, chief among them the Stirling Prize. Biq’s Bluecoat arts centre opened its doors (it reopened them last week after a fire abruptly closed them in May).
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OpinionMobile homes we could live with
Harvard and BMW are collaborating on an innovative housing project to use the principles of car design — just in time for Christmas
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OpinionBeware the perils of merrymaking
Don’t let your Christmas party get out of hand. Lawyer Patrick Perry tells you how to avoid letting a seasonal bash become a legal minefield