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OpinionWho gains most from Tate gift?
The government has given the Tate extension a cash boost, but which side really benefits from this generosity?
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OpinionHousing must find room for regulation
With Callcutt’s reminder that business drives housebuilders, the government must act on space
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OpinionAre poor relations between architects and housebuilders a key cause of bad housing design?
Yes, both sides should value each other more, says Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons, while Simon Hudspith of Panter Hudspith Architects believes the real problem is value and the profit imperative
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OpinionHealthcare
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross, plus Sylvie Pierce of Building Better Health
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OpinionSport and leisure
Stadiums and other venues, including Wembley of course, and why RMJM sees potential in Kazakhstan
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OpinionOffices and interiors
The buildings changing how we work, and Richard Baldwin of Davis Langdon on the credit crunch
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OpinionCabe reviews can mislead
We welcome Cabe's structured involvement in the schools sector (November 30)
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City limits
With great respect for both author Gavin Stamp and his reviewer Kenneth Powell, and admitting personal involvement, may I claim Coventry as an exception to that angry tale of post-1945 disasters and disgrace in Britain’s Lost Cities (Culture November 23).
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OpinionSomething fishy
Would Karl Renner (Letters November 23) like to explain how the General Market buildings at Smithfield are “deeply undistinguished”?
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Piers pressure
As a retired conservation officer and history teacher, I disagree strongly with Piers Gough’s arrogant assertion that English Heritage should only deal with the past.
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Just a minute
Is “just 113 design reviews” (News November 30) enough for A&DS to “alter the status quo” in Scotland?
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Going for Gold
Comments from bdonline on the court order that a developer must rebuild an illegally demolished Erno Goldfinger house (News November 30)
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Bare necessities
Hackney Council may have laid blame for many of the problems at Clissold Leisure Centre at the door of architect Stephen Hodder, but there are some things for which he just can’t take the rap.
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Penny drops
Fears over Norman Foster’s “penny whistle” tower, planned for the leafy London suburb of Ealing, are getting rather out of control, it seems.
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Rock on, Arnold
International banker Luqman Arnold is going head-to-head with Richard Branson in a bid to save Northern Rock.
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It's all just nuts
Architects had better stop carping about low pay if the latest data from trade union GMB are to be believed.