More Opinion – Page 185
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The simple life
Simple, workable and delightful buildings no longer exist, replaced with buildings that are far too clever for their own good
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Capital qualities
Cardiff is not a capital “of some sort” (Urban Trawl November 6) it is the capital of Wales.
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OpinionPhoto call
Who’s that next to Herman Hertzberger (Archive, November 20)? Is it the ever-youthful John Worthington, or just a lookalike?
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OpinionWe can’t design buildings on our own
Unless we can develop a sense of common purpose all collaboration is doomed to fail
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OpinionShould architects resign from bad projects?
Yes, says Peter Barber, we have responsibilities beyond our paymasters; while Mary Duggan counters that persevering is more of a statement than resigning
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OpinionPapal rebuke
What did the architect say to the Pope? Hopefully something as cerebral as the Pope said to the architects in his audience on Saturday, which included Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid.
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OpinionWhen it's wrong to walk
Refusing to work for difficult clients is likely to result in worse buildings in the sectors that matter most
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OpinionClimate change beyond ‘belief’
I am amazed that many usually rational people — including architects — have turned into evangelical, fanatical bigots when it comes to the question of climate and energy
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Keep a cool head
Our profession has a key role in adapting for the consequences of the 10-century-long trend of global warming, but this does not mean we have to dumbly accept the assertions of the “greenhouse gas” proponents. Many of the same climate campaigners were frightening us with a new ice age, as ...
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OpinionLost in the name of sustainability
The demolition of an innovative 19th century steel girder bridge is entirely unnecessary
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United approach
The construction industry cannot afford to waste any more time debating which scientific data it prefers to believe. There is a “good enough” consensus among climate scientists that humans can affect climate
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Solid evidence
Your editorial “Is global warming hot air?” (November 6) does a great disservice to our profession. To claim a “growing wealth of scientific evidence” that climate change is not predominantly man made, without citing this supposed evidence, either suggests that BD knows something the rest of us don’t, or BD ...
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Can’t win ’em all
It is sad to read of the suspension of the scheme to extend Asplund’s Stockholm City Library (News November 13), but predictable. The difficulty with competitions that rely on a winning design, which is then implemented, is the lack of opportunity for reflection and consultation
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Don’t talk rubbish
Jonathan Glancey’s article, “Home is where the bullying is” (November 13) is unnecessarily unkind to those who have the unpleasant task of dealing with our recycling and waste at “town dumps”
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Corrections - 20 November 2009
The image used with last week’s news story “Stockholm axes plan for library extension” was not the winning entry by Heike Hanada as stated, but Jonathan Woolf’s design, which came seventh.The photograph of Caruso St John’s Nottingham Contemporary on page 12 last week should have been credited to Hélène Binet.
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Do you have a better mousetrap?
Recession can be a good time to launch a business, but don’t bother if you’re offering nothing new.
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OpinionWill the Glasgow Lighthouse thrive in public hands?
Peter Wilson says, no, it has long ceased to deliver any genuine national function, but Page Park founder David Page argues that it is time a national institution found a setting in Scotland’s biggest city
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Skateboarders take on the Supreme Court (benches)
The elegant carved stone anti-car bomb benches outside Feilden & Mawson’s Supreme Court in Parliament Square are themselves protected by 6ft fences. It turns out a rogue skateboarder knocked a chunk out of one of them before the court was even open
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OpinionThe climate debate isn’t over
Attacking the media for raising questions about global warning only exemplifies how green orthodoxy is stifling legitimate discussion
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Climate debate has moved on
Responding to your leader last week,“Is global warming hot air?”, it is worth reflecting on how the climate change debate has developed