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Capital idea
While the AF may face an unglorious hole in its finances, Tate Modern has shown again that there’s plenty of money if you know the right people.
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How he cracked it
A French architect believes he has cracked a four-millennia-old mystery — how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza without iron tools, pulleys or wheels.
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Hand on the tiller
Sailor hats off to RIBA president Jack Pringle, skipper of the racing yacht Mankie, for his nimble navigation of last week’s RIBA Council.
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Pomp and honour
Fresh from Richard Rogers’ Pritzker triumph, the building that launched his career — the Pompidou Centre — is to run a retrospective in honour of its creator.
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OpinionNot just pretty pictures, please
Architects need to make sure their websites do justice to their work, argues BD's sustainablity blogger
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OpinionLosing the ‘vision thing’
Cabe is right to ask why the BBC compromised on its commitment to design in its redevelopment of Broadcasting House
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OpinionThis time, only world class will do
If Milton Court on the Barbican Estate must go, its replacement has to be much, much better
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OpinionIs Dubai a folly architects should steer clear of?
As Dubai tries to shake off its gas-guzzling image, Richard Hywel Evans argues the city lacks heart, while Nic Jacobs applauds its grand vision
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Slaves to fashion
English Heritage’s barrister Robert McCracken took a side swipe at the City’s position on slavery in the public inquiry into the “walkie-talkie” tower.
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Reputation intact
Piers Gough was distinctly tired and emotional before he even reached the pub to celebrate the decision to grant planning for his friend Frank Gehry’s landmark King Alfred scheme in Hove.
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OpinionSinking feeling
As Norman Foster prepares to sell his practice for a reputed £300 million, clues are leaking out of what the septuagenerian intends to do with all that time.
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Drain brain
BD’s revelations last week of plans by the Olympic Delivery Authority to emulate the great Victorian engineer Joseph Bazalgette, were timely indeed.
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OpinionOn the waterfront
The film On the Waterfront concerns the role of waterside culture in defining cultural relations in port cities.
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No leg to stand on
What a shame that Alison Carr is defending Arb’s mistakes of the past instead of proactively correcting its actions for the future (Letters March 23).
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Arb must reform
I have read the letter from Arb’s registrar and chief executive Alison Carr. It was before her time, but if she checks the number of votes gained by the architects in the Arb Reform Group she will see that they secured about 70%, including my vote — hardly “a handful ...
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Titles tell all
In not saying what sort of engineers have signed the lack of respect e-petition last week, Boots rather reinforces the point that they are making. Presumably they are consultants of some kind.
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OpinionRighteous writes
Adding to the debate “Do local campaigners have too much power?” (March 16), I want to cite a current example.
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Local triumph
Your readers may like to know that, since I last wrote (March 23), our council has rejected the application to which I referred.
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