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Opinion
Moral guardian
Architects, it seems, are at the back of the queue in saving us from global warming — at least in the Guardian’s eyes.
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OpinionCrystal clear
Does Norman Foster’s Crystal Island scheme in Moscow, already nicknamed “the teepee”, have its roots in Soviet era architecture, Boots wonders?
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OpinionYear ends as it began – almost
Eagerness to demolish Pimlico School, sits particularly poorly with the failure of new school designs to pass muster
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OpinionLet’s stop flogging this dead old horse
Christmas store displays pastiche the past, but the here and now of real life is better, for architecture
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OpinionDoes Unesco exert too much power over cities?
Unesco is a threat to communities’ democratic wishes, argues Robert Adam, while Colin Amery believes it is an essential voice of sanity
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The Producers
Israel’s Moshe Safdie was quick to defend his country earlier this year when British architects including Terry Farrell, Jack Pringle and Rick Mather criticised some of his compatriots for designing settlements that oppressed Palestinians.
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Winter warmer
“Foster & Partners is opening doors for homeless people this Christmas” reads an intriguing headline recently posted on the practice’s website.
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Pipped to post
Boots hears that David Morley is feeling hard done by after being scooped by Make for the London 2012 handball arena.
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OpinionLe rouge et le noir
As bizarre double acts go, last week’s Studio Egret West’s third anniversary party will take some beating.
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Off the wall
Mad professors take note: the government needs you to help make historic and architecturally significant buildings more energy-efficient.
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OpinionZaha: We dont need a partner
The competition for the Architects Foundation HQ (News December 7) was awarded to Zaha Hadid Architects in December 2004 on the basis of a simple brief for a naturally ventilated exhibitions building.
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Say it again
Yvette Cooper’s announcement that £200 million is to be spent over five years remaking the Thames Gateway is good news.
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Wilkinson’s word
I am surprised that Adam Wilkinson (Letters December 7) cannot understand why I feel that the existing buildings at Smithfield Market are “deeply undistinguished”.
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OpinionMore on terror
The prime minister has asked architects to help “design out” terrorist opportunities, and adding a specialist anti-terror module to architectural training has also been suggested.
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Opinion
Space disgrace
May I endorse Paul Morrell’s call for minimum space standards (Opinion December 7)?
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Being a bit dense
Who wants to live in a tiny hermetically sealed plastic house with hi-tech detailing that will weather badly, be expensive to maintain, and so lose value (Debate December 7)?
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OpinionHeadlines you may have missed in 2007
Ian Martin looks back at some of the more unusual headlines from 2007
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OpinionFight over Gazprom tower symbolises modern Russian politics
As the row escalates over RMJM’s controversial tower, Elaine Knutt visits St Petersburg and discovers Gazprom is caught up in wider political battles