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OpinionAre architects victims of their own rhetoric?
How can we expect the public to engage with architects while they associate them with expensive minimalist schemes and unintelligible, self-serving language, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWanted: skilled communicators to help the architectural profession make itself heard
Effective communication skills are an essential job requirement for senior roles. The architectural profession has some catching up to do, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionThe Green Belt: We need to be convinced that the end will justify the means
With the housing white paper due out imminently and talk of building in the Green Belt Julia Park sets out what new developments need to win over the Nimby’s.
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OpinionIt doesn't matter if skyscrapers are designed by world-class architects or hacks – they're destroying our cities
London’s infrastructure was not designed to handle high rises and approving so many is an act of irresponsibility, says Leon Krier
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OpinionLe Corbusier said colour was as powerful as the plan and section. So why is it so often an afterthought?
One of the myths of modernism is that it is only concerned with the white cube. Today’s architects would do well to pay more attention to colour, writes Joanna Day
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OpinionGarden towns need some garden city thinking to succeed
Ebenezer Howard’s Garden Cities were carefully planned with strict design codes and infrastructure funded by the uplift in land values. The same principles should be applied to the new garden villages and towns, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionReforming architectural education for the 21st century is taking an awfully long time
The RIBA’s education review will offer substantive change but will it go far enough, fast enough, to satisfy the students and their future employers? Ben Flatman investigates
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OpinionWhy architects need to master the skill of storytelling
The secret of success is the ability to understand and present the history and next chapter of a proposed scheme as a compelling story. This should persuade clients to adopt your idea, says Martyn Evans
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OpinionScrap architecture degrees and revitalise the profession
Improve professional standards by scrapping Part 1 and opening post graduate study and professional training to other disciplines, argues Mark Middleton
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OpinionReflections on Christmas
Christmas has multiple meanings depending on culture and place. Eleanor Jolliffe relects on the multifaceted nature of our end of year festival
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OpinionMaking places for the arts without risking tragedy
Measures are needed to promote the safe use of old buildings for arts based activities to avoid tragedies like last week’s Ghost Ship fire, says Hank Dittmar
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Is offsite construction a threat or opportunity?
The housing shortage, skills shortages and the cumbersome nature of construction could herald an offsite revolution. It could be good news for architects, argues Thomas Lane
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OpinionAffordable housing is back on the agenda
Julia Park runs a ruler over recent announcements to increase the provision of affordable homes and concludes this is mostly good news
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OpinionLondon Shafted
Planning permission for 1 Undershaft is yet another attack on London’s skyline and character, argues Ike Ijeh
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OpinionLessons from Lansbury
A new V A exhibition in the heart of the East End’s Lansbury Estate showcases the ambitions of post war planning which should be a model for new housing, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionHow research by design can reinvigorate planning
UK planning is in a mess but it doesn’t have to be this way, argues Lee Mallett. A more visionary approach to planning new places can harness the market rather than being driven by it
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OpinionArchitects need to think about what happens in a place, not simply what it looks like
Developers and architects need to work out how to make their schemes more engaging and experiential if they want to attract the younger generatin, argues Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhy build to let could make house-builders more like Apple
House builders don’t need to innovate because demand outstrips supply. A move from build to sell to long term rental could be the catalyst for some much needed product innovation
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OpinionWhat will the Design Museum do for Kensington?
Kensington and Chelsea planning committee councillor Emma Dent Coad says the Design Museum won’t do anything to regenerate Kensington High St
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OpinionCould restoring Britain's colonial heritage help revive former trade ties?
British colonial built heritage is crumbling, creating an image of a nation in decline. Brexit means we need to restore a positive image of Britain with some conservation funding, says Ben Flatman