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OpinionFloored by the council’s street works
We know the built environment is about more than buildings, but councils just don’t get it
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OpinionAre we in danger of turning into Fortress Britain?
Yes, says Alistair Donald, who claims the real danger is our society’s fearful outlook, but former RIBA president Jack Pringle believes architects can tackle the problem with good design
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OpinionPower is a balancing act
Now that Piers Gough has changed horses from English Heritage to Cabe, he clearly wants the power to travel with him (News November 16).
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More is more
I am pleased you consider Piers Gough’s comments about English Heritage to be ill timed.
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Divide and rule
I’m not sure how Piers Gough has come to the conclusion that Cabe should deal with what is new, while English Heritage should only deal with what is old.
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Past imperfect
In some ways, I agree with Piers Gough. EH is certainly not perfect but love it or loathe it, we need such an institution.
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Eyes on the prize
By focusing on the spat between EH and Piers Gough, we are in danger of overlooking the real issue in the debate over the redevelopment at Smithfield.
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OpinionAngel of the north
It’s true that having never undergone the Mackintosh School of Architecture’s indoctrination programme, I have never needed to subscribe to the orthodox view of St Peter’s Cardross as a world-class edifice (News November 16) .
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It's a gas
I am delighted that the work of my former tutors, Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan, is being celebrated at Glasgow’s Lighthouse (Culture November 9).
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Waste of energy
The promotion of energy assessment as a quasi-profession rather than as a function of a proper profession is both a government-sponsored job creation scheme and a logistical failure.
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Together again
Richard Rogers’ retrospective, which opened at the Pompidou this week, was also a bit of a reunion, according to former partner John Young.
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Inner meaning
Sunand Prasad’s inaugural speech on Tuesday night kept coming back to a core question — what does RIBA stand for?
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Chunnel vision
The adoring press that has greeted the new St Pancras might be about to turn.
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Word to the wise
Designing the Scottish Poetry Library and the Scottish Storytelling Centre seems to have had an adverse affect on Malcolm Fraser’s way with words — if comments on his recent piece in the Sunday Herald are anything to go by.
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OpinionA day trip to swinging post-war Britain
Ian Martin finds the multiverse in chaos after some ill-advised internet posting
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OpinionSecurity’s wider meaning
In the current security climate, the architect’s role is to dispel the feeling of living in a fortress
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OpinionMIT vs Gehry puts the papers in a spin
What is the truth behind the media brouhaha over MIT’s legal spat with Frank Gehry?
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OpinionMadin’s library is world-class
Clive Dutton, Birmingham’s director of planning and regeneration, described John Madin’s existing prize-winning 1972 Central Library (News October 19) as “a concrete monstrosity” and then, equally misinformed, rules out a competition for the design of a replacement on grounds of cost and time, giving figures of cost 10 times, and ...
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Homes on target
It is wrong to suggest the BRE eco-homes have failed their final build test (News November 9).