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OpinionErased from our memories
The government wants to forget the optimism of sixites and seventies social housing ever existed
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OpinionIs the drive for sustainability killing architects’ creativity?
Austin Williams, author of new book The Enemies of Progress, is convinced it is, but Pooran Desai of BioRegional Quintain has plenty of examples to back his counter-argument .
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It's a bit rich
It has long been my belief that neither I nor any other director of this practice should hold any financial equity in the business.
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Backwards step
Gareth Hoskins’ pavilion for Scotland’s Venice Biennale (News May 2) doesn’t need to comply with any regulations but could have entered into the spirit of inclusive access.
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Press revelation
Some of the architects previously employed by RMJM to work on the Scottish Parliament project appear to be sensitive flowers if the recent correspondence from John Kinsley and Gordon McGregor (Letters passim) is anything to go by.
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Crying shame
As ever, Alan Powers captures the moment perfectly — the Hayward was openly and almost universally reviled (Culture May 2).
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Power struggle
I was surprised to read that a CHP plant is to be installed at Transport for London’s Palestra building in Blackfriars Road (News May 2).
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OpinionDot to dot results: May 2
The winner of last week’s competition was Douglas Read of Edinburgh, who identified Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Dunbartonshire.
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OpinionNo comment
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, over here to give the capital’s new mayor Boris a few tips on how to run a big city, has pulled out of the London Festival of Architecture’s big debate on the future of cities, due to take place at the Royal Festival Hall on ...
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Book shopped
Rumours were rife last week that the RIBA’s anthology, Le Corbusier and Britain, might never appear in print after architectural publisher Merrell decided the text was “too specialist”.
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City slipper
BD likes to be first with the news and left RIBA presidential candidate Andrew Hanson more than a little surprised this week by revealing that Paul Davis had withdrawn from the race.
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Hodge dodge
Boots thought David Lammy was the architecture minister with the least to say on the subject, but could successor Margaret Hodge be following his lead?
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OpinionKitchen devil
The fascinating insight into Will Alsop’s kitchen for those of us who read last weekend’s Observer magazine failed to explain the half drunk bottle of red wine on the kitchen table that had — just half an hour before the picture was taken — started life as a full ...
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OpinionAfter Robin Hood Gardens: help Bishopsfield too
A letter to BD from Bishopsfield residents group highlights the threat to Neylan and Ungless's 1960's estate
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OpinionPrince asks questions of China
Prince Charles is trying positive engagement to influence China’s heritage, but will it help make up for snubbing the Games?
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Star bucks
As BD went to press, the future of the mayoral architectural adviser Richard Rogers was unclear.
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Poor plot
Last month’s Housing issue of BD Magazine includes features on The Bridge (multi-material, multicoloured housing for people and birds, insufficient space for essential means of transport), Silvertown (greeny, gardeny, dusty, debris-ridden cladding needs replacement in 25 years), and Evelyn Road (lack of ventilation, exterior design badly affects internal function).
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OpinionRed mist over the Beijing Olympics
Attempts by politicians to bask in the glow of the Olympic flame always end in tears
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OpinionAre today’s engineers the new architects?
Yes, says Peter Sharratt, director at WSP, if we want to meet the challenges of sustainability; no, says Sheppard Robson’s Alan Shingler, because one solves problems, the other adds beauty