More Comment – Page 284
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Solid gold show
It was wonderful to see BD offering a platform for a review of Andy Goldsworthy’s magnificent show at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park (Culture April 13).
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Modern horrors
Can you explain why so many “modern” buildings look like household appliances or even the packaging they come in?
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OpinionShould a sports stadium be built on the Maze Prison site?
Ciaran Mackel argues a new stadium would symbolise the country's positive future, while Alan Jones says the Maze should be left untouched as an aide-memoire
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To have and hold
The tricky question of a suitable wedding gift for Terry Farrell and Mei Xin Wang has been plaguing Patricia Brown, chief executive of the Central London Partnership.
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The write stuff?
Talking of ambitions, Jack Pringle does not step down as RIBA president until the end of August but it seems his mind is already turning to life beyond Portland Place.
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Reich is the drug
Readers will know that 1970s style icon Bryan Ferry is an outspoken critic of Stanton Williams’ plans to redevelop Sloane Square.
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Try roughing it
The days when students packed a rucksack and headed off by Magic Bus to discover unknown continents are long gone, it seems.
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Rude awakening
While innocently perusing the internet this week, Boots’ interest was caught by a feature about a glossy magazine named “Mies”.
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OpinionComrades unite
Oscar Niemeyer’s wonderful headquarters for the French communist party is the chosen location for this year’s RIBA conference in Paris, Boots can reveal.
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OpinionBlog: The design blog top 25
Putting aside professional rivalry, Phil Clark offers his guide to the best architecture in the blogosphere
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OpinionYou say: BD readers comment on the future of the Arch
Does Network rail have a duty to restore the Great Arch and will the latest station redevelopment plans be any improvement? Add your voice to the debate
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OpinionWe say: Great Arch is still a potent symbol
It's time to accept the battle for Euston Arch has been lost, argues Zoë Blackler
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OpinionRouse’s invaluable legacy
The Housing Corporation’s new design strategy demonstrates impressive ambition
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OpinionBack to basics is the way forward
Management is increasingly driven by process, not purpose. The remedy is to put the client first
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OpinionBBC needs to reinstate design
Your front page article and leader on Cabe’s accusation of dumbing down the final phase of the BBC redevelopment (March 30) highlights the fact that for many multiheaded corporate clients, “architecture” is at most skin-deep, one reason why the trend to meaning-lessly shaped “iconic” buildings is the fashion.
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Customer service
Since I became a member of the RIBA in the 1970s, I have been hearing the same call for the institute to “promote” architects more. And I have seen the esteem in which architects are held and the power they have steadily decline.
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Small is beautiful
I read with interest your March 23 front page where the ODA’s Jerome Frost and Ricky Burdett are quoted as expressing concern that the procurement of designs for venues for the 2012 games will be a “mad rush”.
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Arbs legal advice
I echo Paul Hyett’s comments regarding Arb’s appalling performance based upon incompetent and inaccurate legal advice (Letters March 23).