More Opinion – Page 223
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Tie breaker
Both correspondents missed the point in their answers to the question of architecture and the old boys’ club (Debate September 26).
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OpinionHodge dodge
Does Margaret Hodge’s desire to stand down from government mean a reprieve for Robin Hood Gardens?
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Going west
Never let it be said that shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey is afraid of upsetting developers.
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Salad days
A phone call to Terry Farrell’s office sparked a trip down memory lane for the architect.
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It's in the fabric
Renzo Piano’s San Francisco California Academy of Sciences has given a new meaning to rooting design in the environment.
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OpinionSlice of life
Forget GLA scrutiny, the litmus test for Boris’s first five months came with a gastronomic show-down with his predecessor.
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OpinionArb digs itself a deeper hole
Arb’s financial indulgence and bid to dump elections to its board only give more credence to its detractors
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OpinionWelcome to the Gulf, your crunch-beating destination
Dubai resident Peter Cooper on why the Gulf is a good bet for architects in tough times
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OpinionClassic designs put politics in a spin
What hidden messages lie in the architecture of the stages for the US presidential contest?
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Does architecture operate like an old boys’ club?
Of course — look at the figures, says Dennis Sharp partner Yasmin Shariff, but Marks Barfield director Frank Anatole believes things are changing
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OpinionA tasty deal on salary is still possible
Kate Hilpern has the lowdown on the latest architects’ salary survey
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OpinionCabe criteria need quality too
Following my letter (September 12) about Cabe criteria, I should like to point out two puzzling contradictions in last week’s Opinion piece by Cabe deputy chairman Paul Morrell.
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Peril in Venice
Having just returned from the Venice biennale, I find it very difficult to summarise to colleagues any coherent thoughts or themes that became apparent during my walk around the Arsenale.
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Man’s world?
I am intrigued to know why Paul King’s task force to draw up the new new Code for Sustainable Buildings (News September 19) is entirely made up of men. Do UK women have nothing to contribute to this topic?
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Flair despair
Touring several architects’ own houses during Open House this weekend, it is obvious that there is a lot of talent out there, much of which has been strangled by planners.
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OpinionBook misquoted?
In his review of Styliane Philippou’s Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence (Culture September 12), Richard Weston apparently follows Philippou’s lead in lumping me together with “detractors” of the Brasilian architect.
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Stop philistines
I am disappointed that “leading architects” such as George Ferguson have minced words about people like John Callcutt and the housebuilding industry.
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He’s no Scot
Contrary to Kathryn Findlay’s and popular belief (Scotland: A Celebration September 12), Catherine the Great’s architect, Charles Cameron, was no Scot but the son of a London builder.
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