More Opinion – Page 184
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OpinionWill design thresholds improve public buildings?
Yes, says Margaret Hodge, it’s daft to settle for second best in public programmes; while Robert Adam counters that all they’ll do is enforce the establishment view
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OpinionSeason of humbug and hot air
If we’re really serious about the planet, let’s debate more and buy less
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OpinionNo sympathy for daredevils
The consultants that have had their fingers burnt in Dubai went there at their own risk
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OpinionCross the threshold at your peril
The government’s introduction of ‘design thresholds’ only adds to a heap of useless jargon
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OpinionBrian Anson: charming enfant terrible - and destroyer of SAC
I was sorry to read in BD (News November 27) of the death of Brian Anson; and I was transported back to distant lands by your comment
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Bags of talent
It was with great sadness that I read of Brian Anson’s death. Brian was a great source of support and creative provocation when I first started as head at the then University of North London
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Anson and the SAC
Much as I admired Brian Anson your account of his role in setting up the Schools of Architecture Council (SAC) is a bit misleading (News November 27)
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Hole in the wall
Jonathan Glancey’s November 6 article contains contradictory arguments. Opening with the Berlin Wall, as tempting as it is due to the recent anniversary, doesn’t work
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OpinionWhen the mighty fall, we must rise
There’s no use fretting over stalled schemes. It just takes lateral thinking to unearth the opportunities
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OpinionShould large-scale timber construction be banned?
Yes, says Sam Webb, because of the disproportionate damage they cause when they catch fire; while Meredith Bowles argues that we just need to design against its shortcomings
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OpinionOne in, one out at Foster & Partners
Good news this week from the mighty Fosters, which is hiring “ambitious and talented” architects and trainees
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OpinionNo easy route to cutting CO2
The belief that the construction industry can bring about a 50% cut in CO2 emissions could lead to dangerous complacency
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OpinionRome wasn’t built in a day
Ellis Woodman’s article on Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi building in Rome (Works November 20) applies conventional critical analysis to unconventional contexts
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Carbuncle too?
At first glance, the new National Museum in Rome looks just like the ferry terminal in Liverpool which won this year’s Carbuncle Cup (Features August 28)
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Ask an architect
While Stuart Lipton, John Sorrell, Paul Finch and Nicholas Serota are all fine people and by and large know something about good architecture, they do represent government’s reluctance in England to put architects in the top adviser jobs (News November 20)
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Off the scale
I am surprised that the RIBA’s decision to abandon fee scale graphs (News October 30) has not been more roundly welcomed