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OpinionHow to help poor health design
March’s Healthcare BD Magazine offers a much needed reference.
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OpinionTrash and cash are a bad mix
Mipim has some real high spots, but the squalid fantasy designs that also flock there shouldn’t be built at all
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OpinionOur record's a hit
Further to Frank Duffy’s remarks on whether the UK does enough to promote British design (Debate February 15), the British Council doesn’t need to be persuaded about the importance of architecture in promoting the UK abroad.
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OpinionAuto-responses serve no one’s interest
It is so easy to cry ‘conflict of interest’ that we are forgetting to pinpoint the real problem
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OpinionWhy we’re backing RHG
As an iconic example of its period, Robin Hood Gardens should be listed as a cultural property.
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OpinionOne year on, is the Code for Sustainable Homes working?
It is a credible and flexible route towards a zero-carbon future, says Andy von Bradsky; while Mark Brinkley argues that it is a “graveyard of good intentions”
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OpinionDot to Dot answer: March 14
The winner of last week’s competition was Emma Petrykow of Alan Phillips Architects, Brighton, who identified Fosters’ Hong Kong & Shanghai Bank in Hong Kong.
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Empty vessels
One of the best party invites of Mipim was undoubtedly aboard Vincent Tchenguiz’s yacht Veni Vidi Vici, at which Boots spotted only one architect, former RIBA president George Ferguson.
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OpinionEau de Nouvel
It felt like Christmas at BD Towers when a smart black carrier bag arrived on Boots’ desk containing “the first perfume bottle designed by an architect”.
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Camera shy
Cabe is not noted for its rebellious nature — but then perhaps the Olympic Delivery Authority knows something we don’t.
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Tune in, turn up
Who are the new breed of archi-bands to follow in the footsteps of the great British rock acts that have arisen from the world of architecture?
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OpinionMust we twist Liverpool’s arm?
Unless these buildings are protected, the city's world heritage status may be threatened
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OpinionThe Foster supremacy
A week of surreal experiences at Mipim is topped by the sight of Norman Foster, flanked by villainesque Russian henchmen, lavishing praise on fire escapes
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OpinionWhy Robin Hood needn’t keel over
History shows that all Robin Hood Gardens needs is the will to make work
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OpinionTop design is best medicine
At times like these, poorly designed homes will display the ‘for sale’ sign the longest
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OpinionIs the Mipim property fair a waste of taxpayers’ money?
It’s an outrageous waste of precious funds says Matthew Elliott of the Taxpayers’ Alliance; but Yorkshire Forward’s Terry Hodgkinson believes it is just that the glamour of Cannes clouds the great value of the event
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Making his mark
Four years after Ken Shuttleworth left Foster & Partners to set up Make, his own practice, his influence appears to be undimmed.