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No foundation
Concrete Boots (April 6) suggested that Cabe’s funding for the Architecture Foundation has been cut as a result of alleged criticisms of our exhibition programme.
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Misread accolade
No author should complain about a review as generous as Tom Muirhead’s of my book Britain (April 27), and I am grateful for it.
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OpinionHas the Blair decade been good for architecture?
Ken Shuttleworth argues that the government has raised architecture’s profile as a vital tool, while Jonathan Glancey says we have seen a glut of crass buildings
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Party tricks
Davis Langdon partner Paul Morrell’s retirement party at the top of the Gherkin was remarkable not just for the spectacular views or the lavish hospitality, but for a guest list that included both Richard Rogers and Marco Goldschmied who had not willingly been in the same room since the latter ...
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Hug or slug
Other highlights included Paul Morrell’s speech in which he compared working for fellow guest Sir Stuart Lipton to working in California: “You never know if you are going to get a hug or if it’s a drive-in shooting.”
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OpinionGreat minds
Thank you to BD reader Alex Weatherhead, who points out to Boots the similarity between Norman Foster’s luxury yacht (Boots March 30) and one designed by Alex’s father, Willie John Weatherhead, in East Lothian in the early 1950s.
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Tune in, turn on
Festival goers heading for Glastonbury this summer should not be surprised to spot the Landscape Institute among those setting up stall.
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OpinionRIBA: keep out of social politics
On the question of the RIBA deciding to embroil itself in social engineering (“Campaign to help minorities” News April 27), I believe it should leave well alone.
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Making changes
Architects for Change, the RIBA’s equality and diversity forum, has achieved a huge amount since its foundation in 2000, including the publication of an employment guide for architects, instigating returners’ courses for architects after career breaks (women and men), and curating the ongoing global DiverseCity exhibition celebrating the work of ...
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Beat class guilt
In a country where streets are used as an open rubbish bin, anything — be it the mayor’s 100 public spaces or the people’s 1,000 markets — is surely a step forward.
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OpinionBlog: The value conundrum
Nick Johnson has a Thought about the difference between green buildings and organic broccoli
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OpinionAction is better than words
Direct action by architects to help people into the profession would be more effective than another round of research.
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OpinionRaising a glass to English architecture
Now we’ve stopped making schoolchildren dance around maypoles and sing the Commonwealth countries in alphabetical order, what does Englishness mean? asks Ian Martin
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OpinionWinning design anticipates the future
Changing times challenge the architect as one who designs the stage on which we live our lives
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OpinionCan the RIBA stop this white male middle-class bias?
Yasmin Shariff says the RIBA is ideally placed to broaden architecture’s base, but Ferhan Azman argues that the answer lies in pay levels
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Happy chance
Alain de Botton will have a chance to put into practice what he preaches as a judge on this year’s Stirling Prize jury.
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Lunar tick
As if English Partnerships’ decision to reject designs by HTA and Alison Brooks Architects for its Campbell Park regeneration scheme in Milton Keynes wasn’t tough enough (News April 20), now the two practices must contend with the eagle eyes of one of our readers.