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OpinionIs now the time to bring back borough architects?
Yes, AOC director Vincent Lacovara, architecture must reingage with the nuts and bolts of planning; no, says John East, head of London planner Savills, we can’t go back to the past
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OpinionTraditionalists who do modern
Andrés Duany, he of the Congress for New Urbanism, rocks up in the UK to tell us where modernism went wrong just as the Saudis sit down with Norman and Zaha to discuss the remodelling of central Mecca
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OpinionWe’re still here in the boroughs
I had to permit myself a wry smile when reading last week’s leader on the borough architect.
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Design in context
Your limited sample of the views of the architects involved in early Building Schools for the Future projects (News November 28) did not really throw up any surprises for Partnerships for Schools — we have heard the comments before and are changing as the programme gathers pace.
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Dusting down
Mark Cotton (Letters November 28) need not be so pessimistic about the lack of a design opportunity with retrofitting projects.
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It’s a flyer
Richard Beastall hit the nail on the head in his succinct argument for a new “hub” airport in the Thames Estuary (Debate November 21).
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OpinionBack to the Spa
I would like to correct some points in your report on the Spa Green estate (News November 14).
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Don’t quote me
Architect Richard Reid’s report on why a new Tesco is needed in the Suffolk town of Hadleigh is prompting local outrage, Boots hears.
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Identity crisis
Just how prepared is the Homes & Communities Agency to tackle collapse of the UK housing market was spelt out in stark terms by its London director David Lunts at a meeting last week.
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OpinionNot safe yet
Among tributes paid to Palladio, whose 500th anniversary was celebrated this week at Portland Place, was one by RIBA drawings curator Charles Hind...
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Sign of the times
The credit crunch seems to be taking its toll on that essential of the city practice — signage.
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Sticking plaster
Bernard Tschumi touched down at the RIBA this week to unveil his completed New Acropolis Museum in Athens.
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OpinionOpinion: Keep a cool head in the recession, don't rush overseas
Scrambling for work overseas might not be the best way for firms to ride out the recession, cautions Gensler’s Chris Johnson
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OpinionHere’s an idea on planning...
A host of architectural worthies has approved the planning bill’s stated ambition to prevent poor design (News November 21). Am I alone in seeing this as bound to fail? Rogers, Howarth and others ought to know better.
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OpinionA way out of the personal mobility hole
As ailing car firms seek bail-outs, it’s time for a radical rethink of transport
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OpinionShould councils have power to judge on design quality?
Should councils have power to judge on design quality? Yes, this is a long awaited breakthrough, says LibDem peer and campaigner Paul Tyler, but architect Jan Maciag is appalled.
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Round in circles
So local authorities are to have the power to turn down planning applications on the basis of poor design. In other words, planning officers and lay committees will decide what good design is.