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OpinionLeave planning decisions to the planners
Local authorities are best placed to make decisions about their own areas, says Islington Council’s Karen Sullivan
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OpinionPalais de Tokyo could help Southbank find its purpose
The Southbank Centre board could learn from Lacaton Vassal’s achievement in Paris, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionAre planning departments failing to deliver for London?
Roger Zogolovitch says hooray for Boris Johnson, but Edward Clarke points to local authorities’ balancing of different stakeholders’ needs
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OpinionA real test of architecture’s durability
A Test of Time Award would create a public debate about what makes a good building, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionSchemes leave Londoners out in the cold
The mayor is committed to more homes in the capital, but how many will go to its citizens, asks Ellis Woodman
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OpinionThe market’s coming back — albeit with a difference
Skills shortages, new planning rules and new sectors will characterise the next boom, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionArb board needs to be accountable to its members
Should architects have confidence in the regulator, asks Andrew Plumridge
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OpinionLondon’s past comes alive on location
Gillian Darley on experiencing architecture through films
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OpinionDo the Twentieth Century Society’s Southbank pictures help the debate?
The images were intended to provoke discussion, says Henrietta Billings, but Ben van Bruggen argues they are just a gimmick
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OpinionBypassing planning is not the route to a coherent city
The mayor of London’s interventions lack the rounded vision needed for a high-quality legacy, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionThe Royal Academy senses a new sensibility
The RA’s latest exhibition taps into a growing general audience for architecture, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionWorking with Kathryn: 'She stretched the boundaries of possibility'
Jill Ritblat recalls the pleasure of commissioning the late architect Kathryn Findlay’s Poolhouse 1
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OpinionBury the past in heritage and shopping
History has been smoothed over in Dresden’s reconstruction, says Owen Hatherley
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OpinionAre clients changing their attitudes to small firms?
Yes says Russell Curtis from RCKa Architects, 2014 will be a year of opportunity, while Hari Philips from Bell Philips argues that there is still a paucity of projects
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OpinionTurning city workplaces into bedsits affects us all
The character of communities countrywide will be changed by the new legislation, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionWe will miss Kathryn Findlay’s unique vision
Pioneering architect followed a singular creative path, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionDesigning for floods? The answer is plain
There’s plenty of information out there for architects, says Robert Barker, a director at Baca Architects, designers of the Amphibious House
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OpinionHomelessness isn't caused by lack of homes
Asking architects and housebuilders to do more is ignoring the real power imbalance at the heart of the housing crisis, says former RIBA president Angela Brady
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OpinionSmell: Architecture's hidden dimension
The opportunities offered by olfactory architecture are often overlooked says Victoria Henshaw
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OpinionDear reader: I’m leaving BD. It’s been great and I’ll miss you
In her sign-off leader Amanda Baillieu gazes into her crystal ball for 2014 and beyond