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OpinionFlagged down
London mayor Boris Johnson and English Heritage have imposed a height restriction for the new US Embassy, to be sited in south-west London near Vauxhall.
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Untapped depths
Boots has been invited to some tenuous product launches in its time but not, until now, to the opening of a tap — even if it is designed by Zaha Hadid.
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OpinionLet’s rethink US embassy plans
Even with the enormity of the economic struggles that lie before him, I hope President Obama and his team can find time to address one small yet important issue: how does America project its ideals in the capital cities of the world?
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League analysis
Schosa acknowledges there are many legitimate ways of analysing the data emerging from the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
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OpinionCentre points
I was involved in the design of the new entrance hall and plaza for Centre Point (News January 16) while working with Gaunt Francis back in 2000-02.
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Improve the flow
Removing the Centre Point fountains — which have always appeared a bit out of scale and out of place, forcing pedestrians to negotiate their way around them on a narrow strip of pavement — is a good idea (News January 16)
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At first hand
Last July six London-based women architects spent 10 days on an exchange visit with women architects, engineers and planners in East Jerusalem and the West Bank
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Legal function
Architects are seen by many to be an expensive luxury, as well as uncommercially and untechnically minded.
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Cold war relic
I was intrigued by the line in your review of the Tony Fretton British Embassy in Poland (Solutions January 16) suggesting the original ambassador’s residence, planned for demolition, had been saved
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Correction
An editing error to Gordon Murray’s letter last week suggested that James Stirling’s Andrew Melville Hall was geographically near a trio of redbrick buildings.
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OpinionAwards need a proper prize
Removing the cash reward from the Stirling Prize sends out the wrong message both to architects and the wider world
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OpinionSociety is built on a shed in Thurrock
News this week that food prices in 2008 rose by 12% have confirmed what most of us already knew: that cheap food can no longer be taken for granted. But what about food itself? Surely we can rely on that? On the other hand, perhaps not
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OpinionIs it all over for Robin Hood Gardens housing estate?
Yes, residents are in touching distance of having the new homes they want, says council leader Lutfur Rahman; while Alan Powers argues that refurbishment would be a win-win outcome
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Turning tables
How will the RIBA get over the embarrassment of handing out architecture’s main prize with no cash for the winner?
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Jam tomorrow
Depressed architects are being encouraged to strum their troubles away, Boots hears
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OpinionKiwi attraction
Grand Designs and Stirling Prize presenter Kevin McCloud is fast becoming a heart-throb down under
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OpinionRipping yarn
While they may now have spent six months without a paying visitor, staff at the Public art gallery in West Bromwich have not been at a loss as to how to fill their time.
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Eastern promise
In these difficult times, a diverse set of skills is essential — a point demonstrated by Adam Woodyatt, better known as Eastenders' Ian Beale
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OpinionRecession? Yes, but also great architecture
Whilst the history books will record the recession, they’ll also remember great architecture, says Gensler’s Chris Johnson