More Opinion – Page 198
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OpinionPublic were the real killers
It was the people, not the prince, who delivered the death blow to Rogers’ Chelsea Barracks plans
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Waking the dead
Owen Hatherley (Opinion June 22) notes that sobriety and abstraction are fashionable virtues for memorials but architects often seem to have problems distinguishing between the zeitgeist and a rather more holistic and historical attitude towards sculpture and memorials
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Stuck on style
The discussion about a suitable architectural form for the expansion of Oxford University (Leader June 5) steps once again into the modernism versus traditionalism debate, which springs up in all historic and conservation environments
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OpinionThis PFI critique has a vested interest
Unison isn’t offering us a workable alternative procurement method
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OpinionAre engineers given enough credit for their work?
Yes, they are the session musicians to architecture’s pop stars, says Mark Whitby; no, counters Andrew Best, the best engineers share in the creative process
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OpinionLiverpool myopia could prove Follett’s folly
Given the sensitivity of Scousers to criticism of their fine city, architecture minister Barbara Follett may not want to visit Liverpool any time soon.
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OpinionBanana just adds to the rot
Problems with Viñoly’s Colchester arts building could deepen public disillusionment with ‘exciting’ architecture
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OpinionBeware theme park pastiche
Oxford University has a great opportunity to make a significant addition to contemporary architectural culture (News June 5)
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OpinionStriking out from the centre
There is nothing particularly strange about British voters supporting fascists. Many, right across the class spectrum, supported Hitler in the 1930s. “Hoorah for the Blackshirts!” squealed the Daily Mail on January 15, 1934.
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OpinionIs this the worst year to be an architecture graduate?
No, says Peter Murray, previous recessions have proved highly creative for architecture – a view which Jeremy Till considers elitist and not taking into account the far higher levels of student debt
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Bad rap for Wrap
I was surprised to read your article about Wrap (News June 5) which said that no architects had yet signed up to its call to reduce waste levels at design stage
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OpinionMemorials still dying an awful death
Remembering the dead has always led to crimes against design
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Trust is robust
I would like to make it clear that your leader on the unfortunate collapse of the Civic Trust (May 29) was referring to the “Southern English” Civic Trust
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OpinionBaffled by Bury
Emily Greeves’ review of Studio MGM’s housing scheme in Bury St Edmunds (Works May 29) says the “module of the frame describes the measure of the rooms inside” but it clearly does not if the floor plan is correct
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Cul-de-sac cure
In her thought-stimulating article, Carolyn Steel (Opinion June 5) does not mention the basic general objection to massive development in the Thames Gateway
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OpinionMace gets Oxford educated
Oxford University’s choice of architects for its new campus is the responsibility of its estates department, led by two ex Mace employees Jennifer Woods, director of estates, and Mike Wigg, her deputy
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Correction: 12.06.2009
Last week’s news story “RIBA plans summit with shadow cabinet” incorrectly said that the RIBA’s European Election manifesto called for a reduction of the minimum duration of architectural studies from five years to four.
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OpinionOxford’s expansion blues
Oxford University must maintain its reputation for excellence and not compromise on the quality of its architecture
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OpinionCompetence assurance
I would like to reassure architects who may have read last week’s article in BD on the Arb’s approach to competence