More Opinion – Page 123
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OpinionBuild up an appetite
Architectural Come Dine With Me, a mix-up with Zaha and an underground encounter
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Let’s give credit where it’s due
Mark Whitby’s protest is timely (News February 17) and, speaking as an ex-design partner of a high-profile practice, a relief.
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Olympic record in question
David Bonnett claims the London Olympic Village is the “inclusive first” with regard to access for disabled users (Letters February 17).
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The inside view of Tesco design
Following the release of Tesco’s Christmas trading figures much has been written about the direction of the business, including what role store design will play in driving profits.
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OpinionWill Sainsbury's duck the issue?
In their book Learning from Las Vegas, Venturi, Scott Brown and Izenour set up a simple building classification system: the “duck” (the building’s useable space is secondary to its symbolic form) and the “decorated shed” (the building’s form responds to its requirements and decoration is independently applied to it).
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Arb elections promise change
I am delighted that three previous presidents of the RIBA, George Ferguson, Jack Pringle and Sunand Prasad, have decided to support my candidature to be elected to change the Arb (Letters February 17). It’s not often that three past presidents of the RIBA reach a consensus and I’m flattered.
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OpinionPedal power prelude to a more environmental agenda
That Downing Street is giving time to discussing bike safety exemplifies the growing attention being given to environmental issues
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OpinionLet architects design while the police tackle real crime
Police are needed on the streets, not telling architects what to do
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OpinionEngineers need a new team spirit
Confusion over the engineer’s role arises because our system only recognises single authorship
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OpinionAre architects doing enough to be bim leaders?
Yes, says Simon Johns, 95% of architects are using or planning to use bim; while David Light says practices must seize the moment or miss their chance to lead
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OpinionEven Boris wouldn’t risk grands projets
The machismo of mayoral ambition has been reined in by times of austerity
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OpinionAn Irish night at the RIBA
RIBA awards dinner, Serota waives his bonus and problems with big cats
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OpinionOlympic Village is inclusive first
Without exception, the 2,500-plus flats in the development are all designed to Lifetime Home standards, which allow flexibility for change, and around 10% of units are designed to meet the needs of wheelchair users.This means a wheelchair user can live in a range of flat types on more or less ...
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Vote for Assael for Arb’s board
We have endorsed John Assael for election to the board of Arb as an independent and tenacious candidate with a successful track record in getting things done, and a stated agenda for change.
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OpinionExhibition Road needs more trees
If ever there was an opportunity missed to plant proper trees in a London street, Exhibition Road was it (Buildings February 3). It will not, I hope, be taken by future designers of streetscapes as a good example of urban landscape architecture.
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False reports of death in Venice
In your curiously anonymous profile of Jeremy Till (“Manning the Barricades” February 10), his 2006 Venice Biennale was yet again carelessly “savaged”.
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Breeam holds us all to ransom
The biggest challenge to the design of energy-efficient buildings in the UK is the monopoly that created and guards the criteria for their assessment (Leader February 3).
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OpinionProblems that predate a design
Cambridge’s recent procurement study misses a central reason why buildings end up in disputes