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Opinion
Women’s world
Good to see that former culture minister Margaret Hodge’s efforts to put more women in high-profile public cultural roles in beginning to bear fruit, with Liz Forgan named this week as the new — and first-ever female — chair of Arts Council England.
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Crack force
Delicate repairs have been made this week to the glass roof of Norman Foster’s huge greenhouse, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, two and a half years after one of the 785 panes rather mysteriously cracked.
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OpinionChipping in
Boots was delighted to be invited to Pringle Brandon’s Christmas “Champagne & Chips” party, but dismayed to find it was on December 23.
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OpinionCard sharps
A fine crop of Christmas cards has arrived at BD Towers over the past few weeks.
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OpinionMore Thames than Mersey
Liverpool ought to have dominated the cultural year. As European City of Culture, it hosted its fair share of architectural events, chief among them the Stirling Prize. Biq’s Bluecoat arts centre opened its doors (it reopened them last week after a fire abruptly closed them in May).
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OpinionMobile homes we could live with
Harvard and BMW are collaborating on an innovative housing project to use the principles of car design — just in time for Christmas
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OpinionBeware the perils of merrymaking
Don’t let your Christmas party get out of hand. Lawyer Patrick Perry tells you how to avoid letting a seasonal bash become a legal minefield
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OpinionBad time for a nationalist split
The Scots’ desire to break away from centres of power in England could unleash multiple problems at a sensitive time
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OpinionTrapped between ego and blandness
Totalitarian architectural monuments or toadying to heritage? The choice is yours
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OpinionShould a Muslim architect masterplan Mecca?
Yes, says Mangera Yvars’ Ali Mangera, the practical requirement for entry to the city is being a Muslim; no, says RMJM Hillier’s Gordon Hood, it’s not an issue as design skill is a universal language
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Eastern promise
Architecture, landscape and urban design practice East continues to display an amazing knack of winning work from London government.
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OpinionDesign advice is key to planning
Jonathan Glancey’s suggestion (November 28) about setting up design training oriented towards planning would be beneficial in the long term
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Goodbye Lenin
The Olympic Delivery Authority publicity machine is never slow to counter negative stories or to allow even the tiniest piece of Olympic-related progress to pass without fanfare.
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Whats the story?
While Cabe’s press team may be slightly more approachable, it doesn’t come cheap.
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Back to panels
You suggest that “a huge cheer greeted the latest review of the planning system” (Leader November 28). I am not sure who from!
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Home truths
Is architecture losing its edge? Boots eagerly scanned the 2009 edition of Who’s Who for architect entries to find out, among other things, what they list as their interests.
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OpinionTunnel vision
Talking to Boots this week about the long-running saga of Stonehenge’s visitor facilities, inspiration struck Lib Dem Lembit Opik for a stunt designed to win support for the abandoned £500 million road tunnelling scheme.
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Design for all
As an aged architect-planner, I was heartened to hear your call for the borough architect to be brought back.
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OpinionLocal heroes
May I add my voice to that of Ealing Council’s Gavin Leonard (Letters December 5) in extolling the virtues of the local authority in-house architecture department
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No call for change
Parliament Square (Solutions December 5) is already a very fine pedestrian space, skilful in its design, masterplan and detailed elements