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OpinionBleak house
A recent piece by Germaine Greer (pictured) celebrating her “friend” Ted Cullinan must have proved a challenging read for the RIBA Gold medal winner.
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Bite the bullet
It may have pleased the train spotters, but putting a life-sized model of a Bullet train at the new Ebbsfleet station has given London & Continental Railways architect Andrew Lansley a bit of a headache.
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OpinionWill’s latest leap looks good
Will Alsop has fallen into Marco Goldschmied’s open arms — and it could finally give him the chance to compete at the highest level
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OpinionPedalling in Paris is just a hard sell
What looks like a throwback to the hippies is tough consumerism, and it’s coming your way
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OpinionIs Foster’s plan for Clarence Hotel a threat to Dublin?
Dublin has already experienced the disastrous effect of signature architecture in the wrong place, says Kevin Duff; while Robert Payne argues that it is a chance for Foster to create a remarkable building
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OpinionExploring Beansy’s multiverse: Part One
Ian Martin finds out what life is like in a selection of parallel universes
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OpinionWhat’s afoot?
Zaha Hadid is to join Jordan, Coleen McLoughlin and Jade Goody in being the latest celeb to launch her own perfume range.
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Keeping Chipper
You might have thought the RIBA would be only too happy to lend the Florence Hall to the Stirling prizewinner, especally on a Monday night — but no.
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Women’s work
Two wives are better than one was the overriding message the audience took away from Richard Rogers’ recent talk at the RIBA.
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In the thick of it
Good to see Scottish watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland is on the ball.
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Dread moment
Never let it be said that Birmingham City Council isn’t down with the kids. At the launch of its central library design competition, suited and booted council chiefs invited rapper Dreadlock Alien to present the benefits of the new project in musical form.
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OpinionContractors hold the aces
The strength of contractors is starting to control the building industry, and architects need to take note.
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OpinionBuildings are not just a pretty face
Architecture is about more than what a building looks like. Has anyone told our heritage bodies?
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OpinionIs a vertiplex the right way to regenerate Birmingham?
It will be a unique visitor attraction, says Charles Pettifer; it is ugly, ungainly and unsustainable, argues Joe Holyoak
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Bar starved
Someone should tell the RIBA that, when arranging a party, it’s always a good idea to ensure your guests can get a drink.
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Absent friends
The RIBA president Sunand Prasad felt he had to explain why some guests were missing on Saturday night including Tessa Blackstone, head of the RIBA Trust, which, as Boots has reported, was at the wedding of her son, Ben Evans, to Amanda Levete.
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Busy busy busy
You may think that Design for London’s high-powered advisory group had vital issues like the capital’s future direction to discuss, but it seems not.