More Opinion – Page 107
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OpinionPeople like old houses for a reason, Alain
Alain de Botton’s comments perpetuate the rift between the public and designers
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OpinionAre building regulations holding back development?
Yes, says Nahid Majid, they are confusing and need to be streamlined; while Paul King says availability of finance is the real issue
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OpinionReach for the Skylon
Boots on the rebirth of the Skylon, congratulating David Adjaye and Hadid’s word on the Welsh
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OpinionArchitects: cut the rhetoric
I wish the young women of vPPR nothing but success (YAYA October 26)…
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OpinionWhy wade into the Boat Race?
Your readers read BD to keep informed about the wide and varied world of architecture and design.
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OpinionHigh Lines should be the norm
We read with some interest Elizabeth Hopkirk’s article, “ London reveals its high hopes ” (Culture October 19), and also attended part of the High Line symposium at the Garden Museum.
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OpinionBuilding what they can sell
By editing my letter in response to Hank Dittmar’s article on the new Building for Life standards ( Opinion October 5 ) and by giving it a misleading title, “ Leave the detail to housebuilders ”, it has conveyed a totally different message to what was intended.
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OpinionArchitects must be at the heart of regulations reform
If the profession doesn’t make its presence felt, the regulations review will succumb to the influence of vested interests
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OpinionLondoners have that sinking feeling
The demise of Gensler’s floating park shows that privately funded schemes need closer scrutiny
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OpinionNow they’ll jail you for rocking the boat
Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield’s imprisonment tells us about the changes to our public space
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OpinionIs listing being swayed by economic factors?
Yes, says Peter Stewart, it is a political decision; while Roger Bowdler says the utmost impartiality is used
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OpinionAbolish the self-obsessed RIBA
Having become an architect accredited in building conservation only to find the RIBA flounced off and set up its own accreditation scheme within the fee it charged me, I recently resigned from the institute.
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OpinionStirling Prize needs new remit
The strangest part of the RIBA Awards is that the EU is included in the Stirling Prize rather than the Lubetkin Prize.
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OpinionCelebrating with Glenn Howells and Richard Rogers
Boots on birthday bashes, broken ankles and keeping mum
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OpinionThe landscape is ours to share
The landscape is ours to share Elizabeth Hopkirk’s article, “ London reveals its high hopes ” (Culture October 19), on the High Line for London ideas competition contains two key errors that must be put right.
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OpinionYoung architects deserve better than a pop-up future
This year’s YAYA shortlist offers hope, but what the profession needs is a new generation of good clients
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OpinionV&A learns too late to pick an architect, not a design
Kengo Kuma’s troubled Dundee scheme calls the whole competition process into question
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OpinionManser win blurs the boundaries
It may have been the best house on the shortlist, but Saturday’s wildcard winner has kicked off a new debate over eligibility
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OpinionWhat happened to Nairn’s townscape?
Many architects have no idea what to do with ‘thrown together’ British cities
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OpinionShould foreign architects be allowed to enter RIBA Awards?
Yes, says Marco Goldschmied, to exclude a building for being ‘foreign’ would be a Ukip stance; while Meredith Bowles thinks it will marginalise British architects