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OpinionEducation must include business
Architects need a good early grounding in business ( News April 19 ) in the hope that they do not undersell their skills, as is rampant at present.
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OpinionPharmaceuticals for all but Foster
It appears ageist comments have slipped through the back door ( Boots April 19 ).
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OpinionSchools fail to make the grade
It’s all very well talking about creativity and collaboration when designing schools ( Letters April 5 ), but all of this goes out of the window when we (teachers) are judged.
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OpinionWolf Prize needs a wider context
Some of our most eminent architects ( News April 19 ) are taking a “moral stand” in reprimanding Eduardo Souto de Moura for accepting an award from Israel, notwithstanding its government’s “escalating war crimes” — though which alleged crimes, which war or which escalation they do not say.
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OpinionDiscourse is key to understanding
The final paragraph of your editorial is chilling: “But the question she [Margaret Thatcher] posed — what are architects for and what is it they do? — is one governments continue to ask, yet one the profession has still failed to adequately answer” ( Leader April 12 ).
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OpinionProcurement is widening the gap
In the RIBA report Building Ladders of Opportunity the particular consequences of skewed UK procurement policy and practice were researched and evaluated.
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OpinionNurturing young talent is an investment in our future
The culture secretary’s call for the arts to earn their keep is shortsighted, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionCurating our views of the city
Can the V A help persuade a suspicious public of the importance of urban design?
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OpinionWe must learn to love our recent past
Changing tastes and the movement of history mean no building should be taken for granted
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OpinionShould Eduardo Souto de Moura accept Israel’s Wolf Prize?
The Portuguese architect has been urged to boycott the $100,000 award
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OpinionChipperfield: BD is toying with our livelihoods
Two weeks ago we published a story about directors leaving David Chipperfield’s practice and a comment piece by Amanda Baillieu - here is Chipperfield’s response…
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OpinionThatcher's support
To the question: did Margaret Thatcher make a positive contribution to British architecture?
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Opinion2:1 students need some one-to-one
As a Year 6 student weeks away from final hand-in, I am ever more concerned about where all of us are going to be this time next year.
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OpinionThis should mean curtains for Cabe
Reported comments on the Shell Centre proposals ( News April 12 ) tend to confirm that Cabe is, in its diminished form, incapable of speaking with authority on urban design matters.
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OpinionThatcher’s door led nowhere
So Thatcher “opened the door for young architects” ( News April 12 )?
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OpinionRIBA figures tell the truth about a divided profession
Benchmarking survey shows huge disparity between massive and micro practices
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OpinionButchery at Smithfield?
As developers and the Corporation of London prepare to eviscerate Smithfield General Market, why is English Heritage holding the axe asks Victorian Society director Christopher Costelloe
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OpinionStyle wars mask a shared agenda
We need to discuss how the architecture of the past can inform that of the future
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OpinionOxbridge is still locking out the proles
Our most famous university cities are always worth a visit… or would be, if their finest landmarks weren’t closed off to outsiders