More Opinion – Page 194
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Doublethink
The proposition at the epicentre of modernist architecture is that, to be worthy, a design should reflect its time, its zeitgeist
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Oakus pocus
So what exactly is so transformatory about Kevin McCloud’s new development (News July 24)?
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Barracks battle
While I sympathise with RSHP’s difficulties over the Chelsea Barracks scheme, aren’t we fighting the wrong battle with the wrong person in calling for a boycott?
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OpinionMasterplan for the future
Stirling has already swayed from its origins, so why not include masterplans?
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Clarification
In our story “Adjaye brought to brink of insolvency” (News July 24) we quoted RIBA Director of Professional Services Richard Brindley as saying that “Ojeu rules for all public contracts say that bidders can’t be in any form of insolvency”
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OpinionArchitects must expand their horizons
The profession can learn a lot from the TED model of thinking outside the box
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OpinionShould a masterplan be eligible for the Stirling?
David Page says academics need to open their eyes and look at the bigger picture, while Will Alsop is adamant that the Stirling Prize should be for a building
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OpinionPraying for Robin Hood Gardens' demolition
Could it be that the final nail in the coffin for Robin Hood Gardens is hammered home not by regeneration officials at Tower Hamlets council but by Allah?
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OpinionRIBA active on climate change
I am happy to tell David Nixon (News Analysis July 17) that the RIBA has been anything but waiting for the government to tell it what to do on climate change: the opposite in fact, with some impact
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OpinionDon’t make hard times harder
Architects like David Adjaye have enough to worry about without tying clients’ hands with red tape
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Kicked in the ribs
I am left dumbfounded, no, actually I’m speechless and downright bloody angry, at our professional body’s decision to invite the Chinese-based visualisation company Crystal to sponsor the Stirling Prize, and that with our government’s help it has won the commission to produce the visuals for London 2012
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OpinionMake every town an eco-town
There’s no point bulding tokenistic, half-baked fake communities for New Labour clones while we’re still wedded to motorways, airports and superstores
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OpinionRight, said Saïd
The fact that one of our most generous benefactors is working with us to get value for money is hardly a “blow” for Oxford University (News July 17)
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Pencil pusher
Given a total outlay of £1 billion regenerating Ipswich, one might have expected a more exciting and, frankly, competent “first image” of the £8.9 million Jerwood DanceHouse, filling almost half of page 3 in last week’s BD
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Space is the place
The introduction by the London Mayor of minimum space standards for housing (News July 9) will please some and dismay others
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Tower fire safety
Last week’s letters in BD concerning the tragic fire at Lakanal House, Camberwell, raised some points about the need to be vigilant about the maintenance of standards throughout the lives of tower blocks
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Brent not broken
Barnet Council has neither “stopped” not “halted” the application to regenerate Brent Cross and Cricklewood; we have decided to consider it in the autumn rather than the summer
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OpinionKodachrome marks the end of an era
The 600-year story of the inert single-viewpoint image is drawing to a close. The digital image tells us more
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OpinionShould unsustainable buildings win major prizes?
Alison Brooks says that outstanding buildings like the Bird’s Nest can adapt to future long-term use, while Paul Hyett argues that sustainability should be a key element of award criteria