More Comment – Page 298
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Skirting the issue
I am obliged to Will Hurst for telling us that Tessa Jowell was “dressed casually in a blue floral dress and fitted jacket,”
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Too much detail
BD seems to be following much of the rest of the magazine industry in its reliance on large images to fill pages when a smaller one with more informative and quality text would be far preferable.
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In this time of plenty stay true to quality
The medical profession is assured of a steady, largely predictable, and consistently growing workload. We all fall ill from time to time lucky medics.
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Lipton tip for top
Who is being lined up to take over as ODA chair from Jack Lemley, now he’s packed his bags and gone home?
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Fictitious foil
Architects aren’t just an arrogant lot, according to playwright Oren Safdie, whose satire on the profession opens this week (see Focus), they are also gullible.
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Method act
To give his actors an insight into the phsyche of your average megalomaniac architect, Safdie has taken them to the AA.
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OpinionPatience is key
As any architect knows, a good idea never grows old. And Julia Doveton knows this better than most.
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Wrong subject
Former Today hack Andrew Gilligan has found a new forte following his “dodgy dossier” furore.
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Jowell ducks 2012 design responsibility
From Nervi’s stadium for the Rome games to Isosaki’s for Barcelona, it’s hard to think of an Olympics where the architecture has not been commissioned by the host nation as a work of civic stature with international status.
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Emissions trading: can architects rise to the challenge?
Yes. They can manage about two hours with a toilet break
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Don’t be invisible — shout louder
Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to Venice as part of the RIBA annual conference, looking at architecture’s broader impact on both the environment and society.
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OpinionCancer is challenge enough, Zaha
Like, I am sure, all too many of BD’s readers I have had several family members and friends who have faced life-threatening cancer. In dealing with this disease members of my family have benefited enormously from the level of care, compassion, useful information and good cheer offered at Richard Murphy’s ...
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Stress factors
Am I alone in wondering if the sycophantic admiration for Zaha’s new creation is missing some vital points?
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Inside view
I am lost in admiration for the wonderful sculptural building Hadid has created in Kirkcaldy and for the fact that she and others designing for the same trust have given their services for free. I hope the Maggie’s Centres will find the finance to develop and build the further four ...
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Fit for purpose?
The new cancer centre by Zaha Hadid certainly seems a most imaginative piece of sculpture, but I wonder whether, as a building for restorative care, it will it be up to the job?
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Going up not down
There is no truth in the implied quote — MacCormac: practice “in freefall” (News October 20).
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Not black or white
Regarding your report on diversity in the profession (News October 27), to me, the true position lies across both points of view, that of Richard Rogers and Sunand Prasad.