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  • Opinion

    Lost in space

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Word arrives that an advert has been posted on the DCMS website to recruit a suitable individual to carry out Cabe’s light-touch review.

  • Opinion

    Built to last

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Congratulation to English Heritage’s chief executive Simon Thurley, who wed Anna Keay, formerly a curator at Historic Royal Palaces, in the crypt of his Norfolk home at the weekend.

  • Opinion

    Frozen music

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Renzo Piano’s New York Times building is not only rat infested, it’s also freezing cold, according to online gossip site, Gawker.

  • Vivienne Westwood's show at London Fashion Week. Is architecture an equivalent creative industry?
    Opinion

    Is architecture one of the creative industries?

    2008-02-20T15:34:00Z

    With the government set to unveil details of its creative economies programme on Friday, Ed Vaizey and William Kenealy debate whether architecture should be included

  • Opinion

    Heralding the return of the new town

    2008-02-15T10:16:00Z

    Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore wonders what Gordon Brown’s eco-towns can learn from the post-war new towns

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    Stations’ magic ingredient

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Making New Street exciting is an aim all our stations should aspire to, but Network Rail will need to hold its nerve

  • Prasad: no talk of changing things in China.
    Opinion

    Ethics covers more than Israel

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    You publish two revealing letters (February 8) on the subject of ethics.

  • Soft landing: Vitiello hangs on.
    Opinion

    Muddy boot

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Boots is relieved to hear that Watkins Gray International’s Luciano Vitiello has survived unscathed after two hours stuck in a bog.

  • Reichstag as a ruin
    Opinion

    Altered’s fate

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    I enjoyed the review of Fred Scott’s book On Altering Architecture (Culture February 8).

  • Opinion

    Stop and think before you hit the roof

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Building on that wasted space at the top of the building sounds good... but is it?

  • Opinion

    Squaring up

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    It is a pity that Richard Rogers found it necessary to intervene (News February 8) in the selection of the team to carry out the preliminary ideas for the part-pedestrianisation of Parliament Square.

  • UK showcase: Jordan & Bateman’s British Embassy in Doha, Qatar.
    Opinion

    Does the UK do enough to promote British design?

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The government increasingly recognises the importance of communicating British design quality to the world, says Andrew Summers; hardly true, counters Frank Duffy, when the British Council has terminated its British architecture programme

  • Opinion

    Disengaged

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    With reference to Rick Mather’s quote (News February 8), the next time I admire the view from my window or take the dogs for a walk, I must remind myself that what I’m really doing is “engaging with the landscape”.

  • Opinion

    Cold comfort

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    The detailing around the windows on O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Killiney house (Works February 8) shows appalling attention to cold bridging.

  • Opinion

    Pound stretcher

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    So the expenses of Arb board members have reached £94,000 a year (News February 8) — so what?

  • Opinion

    Corrections

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    In last week’s First Look project, we misspelt the name of the practice Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects.

  • Opinion

    Slip of paper

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Drawings by the late Sandy Wilson, on show at Pallant House in Chichester, provide an interesting footnote to one of the more entertaining architectural rows of recent times.

  • Opinion

    Grateful Ted

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    At his Gold Medal dinner at the RIBA this week, Ted Cullinan said he was delighted to receive the award at such a young age.

  • Opinion

    Honour bound

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    An interview with Cullinan by the RIBA’s Tony Chapman reveals his view on honours generally, and which he rates most highly.

  • Opinion

    On the left bank

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Who ever knew architectural big beast Richard Rogers could be so humble?