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Quiet diplomacy grabs no headlines
It is the lot of advisory bodies, especially those funded by government, to be on the receiving end of accusations that they are either not toeing the line by slavishly praising the latest government policy initiative, or that they are supine recipients of taxpayer largesse, content to do the government's ...
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Ian Martin
We all agree there'd be no harm in running events under the title Islamophilia, say, or Rockin' Mosques
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Ian Martin
It's all very well for us, but whither the tell-tailed tit, the speckled mudpecker, the downy dunhead?
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Free regeneration from bureaucracy
Cynics claim English Partnerships is the organisation that John Prescott turns to when he's got an idea.
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Why Part L is set to empower architects
Building legislation in the UK is finally coming into step with what the scientists have been telling us since the 1970s: that global climate change is unavoidable and fossil fuel supplies are in demise.
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The eight-week rule hinders good design
Perhaps it isn't surprising that so many architects moan about the planning system. You can't legislate for good design.
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Virgin sacrifices young design talent
"Don't rock the system," pleaded one successful architect, worried that Building Design's story on the way a young practice has been treated by one of the UK's most successful companies will be a warning to other clients not to use young firms at all.
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Tub Haagendas
Monday I present some collected material in the form of a "decoy lecture" at the Institute of Cultural Ballistics.
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Invest in people and everyone benefits
Most professions rely on a single resource: staff or human resources - although I prefer to use the word people. That applies as much to architects as any others. We do not run businesses that are capital-intensive so no need for big buildings, plant and raw materials. What we need ...
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Now Cameron must take on planning
As a reporter on this paper I was sent to cover the unveiling of major new development. It was called King’s Cross.
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I'm off, but don't drop the artistry
I had decided that in my final leader before stepping down as BD editor I would ditch my usual attempt to make sense of the week's news and instead strike out into new ground.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
He may share his name with a musical instrument but it's his singing voice Renzo Piano intends to show off in London this summer, Boots was amused to hear.
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Onward and upward
I am one of the judges in the Fabulous International Skyscraper Design Competition 2006.
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Talk about urbanism, with a biscuit
In Selfridges this week a Chinese artist has been overseeing an unusual city building programme.