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OpinionWho I am or who I can be is relevant to where I am
PhD student Betty Nigianni discusses the importance of place to the architect
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OpinionTracking shots and jump cuts
Scape Architects used non-standard materials to turn a Victorian organ works into a private house for a film-maker.
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OpinionPicking your battles is an art
English Heritage is in crisis, and even Ruth Kelly appears to be toeing Unesco’s line rather than listening to her paid advisers
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OpinionTime for the barcodists to check out
The randomly spaced facade is the architectural cliche of the moment
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Wrath of a two-headed beast
How odd to be admonished in BD for resigning from Architecture & Design Scotland by the Murray part of Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects (Letters February 16), while in your rival the Dunlop bit admonishes me for not having left sooner.
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Fraser is right
Malcolm Fraser is absolutely right (News February 9). PFI is producing poor buildings for Scotland, and Architecture & Design Scotland is failing to do its job if it will not point this out and why it is happening. Good architecture cannot result when architects are cut off from the user ...
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A snapshot
I am of the few survivors of your photograph (Practice February 16) although just off frame — it must be at least 50 years old.
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No pay, no cover
Cabe’s recent notice advertising that it is looking for architects to join its design panel but expecting them to work for free has attracted much criticism.
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Music and space
I was delighted to note (News February 16) Daniel Libeskind might now be embarking on an indoor rainforest at Blackpool. I hope this venture could also unearth an innovative addition to our sister art-form — contemporary music.
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Personal views
Susan Ware (Letters February 16) is wrong to interpret what was clearly a personal remark by Kate Macintosh as a public statement by the Arb Reform Group. Kate is a valued supporter, but the rules of the election are quite clear: lobbying of and by board members is permitted, but ...
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Keep it green
I was pleased to see that the sustainability agenda featured highly in last week’s issue. However, you also featured a six-page review of a “Lift” health centre — a building I liked very much — without any reference to its proposed performance, Breeam targets, or the M&E systems and strategies ...
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It’s a gamble
How dare the Department of Culture Media & Sport claim it is capable of writing the rules for the Supercasino competition (News February 9) when it failed to abide by its own rules over the small but high-profile Diana Fountain Memorial competition.
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OpinionHas Manchester overtaken Birmingham as second city?
For Nick Johnson, Manchester wins hands down with its Northern Soul. For Glenn Howells, it's Birmingham that's still in the lead through sheer scale
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A bridge between two separate worlds
Monday: Urgent call from Ruth Kelly. How can we transform Britain’s council estates through social mobility and private equity? I suggest we do the following: Redeploy troops from Iraq to encourage democracy, distribute free methadone and bicycles, get someone Australian in glasses to design “kinetic housing”, float the benefits system ...
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Britain's second city: Birmingham fights back
Responding to Nick Johnson's blog posted on bdonline earlier this week, Glenn Howells argues that second city status belongs to Birmingham not Manchester
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OpinionBritain's second city: Manchester or Birmingham?
In his second blog entry, Nick Johnson, chair of Marketing Manchester, has no doubts which city deserves the title
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OpinionThe ODA's Olympic break for young architects
The ODA has responded to pressure from the architecture community, led by BD, and launched an urban design scheme for the Olympics aimed specifically at “emerging” practices. But what are up-and-coming firms saying about it? Interviews below by James Rose. To read Ellen Bennett's news story "Walkway design competition gives ...
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OpinionOn competitions
Nick Johnson blogs on judging the latest addition to New Islington, the true meaning of Biffin's Bridge and what judges are really looking for