More Opinion – Page 180
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Opinion
Post-war journey
Jonathan Glancey’s comment “it would be fascinating to know just how many architects have made their way up from two-up, two- down terraces, council estates, overspill towns and secondary modern schools” (January 22) caused me to reflect on my own experience and those of many of my friends and colleagues
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OpinionBury a car park, not the V&A
A museum extension should raise our sights and spirits, not be hidden underground
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Equitable society
Jonathan Glancey asks to hear from architects who made it from the bottom rung. Before the war my father was a milkman. After it he was a bus conductor. We lived in Tottenham
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Up and around
At the age of 12, I first became aware of buildings. I took to looking at their outward appearance, wondered how they came to be built and how they were used
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London calling
Paul Nicholson (Letters January 22) levels criticism at the entrant criteria of our competition Forgotten Spaces with Design for London and Qatari Diar
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OpinionSitting pretty
Just in case anyone is struggling to make sense of my image (Zumtobel photo competition January 29), as I was, if page 21 is turned through 90 degrees...
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Correction: January 29 2010
The practice set up by former directors of John Clark Associates — which designed Huddersfield’s HD One scheme (News January 29) — is WBG Design, not WCB Design as reported.
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OpinionDrinking in the Swedish experience
Sweden shows that if we want better public buildings, we need to address our society first
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OpinionHave we become too fixated on modern materials?
Yes, they are more of a threat than a promise to the green agenda, argues Howard Lidell, while Arup’s Adrian Campbell says widespread favouring of traditional materials is simplistic
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OpinionSilent witness
Alexander George, aka Richard George, was strangely uncommunicative when Boots called to ask him about his attack on Grimshaw’s offices last month
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OpinionEveryone loves a good story
In developing the site of Libeskind’s ill-fated proposal, the V&A wants to ensure that this time it wins broad public support
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OpinionRetrofit Birmingham? Mice might sew
Wonderful and extraordinary news from the West Midlands proves a false dawn
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OpinionMidtown, the last bastion of shabbiness
Enjoy it while it lasts, the grimy integrity of this central London patch will soon be sandblasted off the map
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OpinionIs outer space the next architectural frontier?
As space becomes the domain of the private sector, architects will be increasingly important, says Foster & Partners’ John Jennings, while Robin Nicholson argues we should master building on earth rather than screwing up space
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Pass the Bayley
News that Stephen Bayley is to become the Times’s new architecture correspondent came as a surprise to Tom Dyckhoff who currently holds the job
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OpinionSave our post-war schools
While it’s great to see a large batch of Victorian and Edwardian schools listed (News January 22), it’s the later, 20th century, and especially post-war, schools that we are most likely to lose
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Brighton knocks
Your articles last week on demolition versus preservation of Victorian schools was reflected in the Brighton Society’s experience of trying to preserve distinguished school buildings in Brighton and Hove
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Flat broke
Cole Thompson Anders (Letters January 22) is to be praised for achieving an excellent result based upon Building for Life (BFL) criteria
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False economy
Ken Livingstone (Opinion January 15) advocates imposing higher standards on all new developments “as this will lead to a downward pressure on land prices”