More Opinion – Page 252
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OpinionSaved by the power of love
As Leicester’s Engineering Department is considered for demolition, is passion the only thing that can save the 20th century’s finest buildings?
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Role models
Architecture centres’ meteoric rise continues with a surprise appearance in the new BBC drama Mistresses.
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OpinionWhy not try some blue sky thinking?
Sick of all those meaningless clichés? Let’s ban them until they are used properly again
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OpinionWill you be bidding to design a nuclear power station?
Nuclear energy is back on the agenda, and someone’s got to design the power stations. Martin Pease says he would step up to the challenge, while George Ferguson we owe it to our kids to play no part in it
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OpinionPlanning appeal must be saved
I was shocked at an item in the recent RIBA newsletter emailed to members.
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Get out of London
Outside a handful of cities like London (Leader January 11) is a world where architect-designed buildings are in the minority, where local planning committees feel they have been experimented on by the architectural and planning professions, and where the agencies and public bodies responsible for shaping our environment see design ...
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Regional accent
We are concerned at the suggestion that excellence is confined to the London centres.
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People problems
The London Borough of Newham may well have one of the largest regeneration programmes in Europe, but unless it hires some staff, how will it deliver its promised 50,000 new homes and 25 regeneration projects?
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Men in white suits
Inspired by this week’s BD debate on nuclear power stations, Boots ran a survey of architectural practices to see where they stand on designing these controversial structures.
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OpinionGet red for Ted
Staff at Edward Cullinan Architects are finalising details of the party to celebrate the award of this year’s Royal Gold Medal to father Ted.
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Title deed
Peter Arnold (Letters January 11) writes that Arb takes no issue with Maurice McCarthy, who is not on its register but advertises his services on the RIBA’s database.
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Wrong turn
Politicians in Birmingham are still struggling with the basics of urban design, it seems.
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OpinionCentres without a cause
Cabe may be funding regional architecture centres, but does anyone know what they’re really for?
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OpinionTime for readers to turn over a new leaf
Interior design has rediscovered nature, so why are architects still so hostile to the joys of floral decoration?
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OpinionIs Liverpool worth visiting for its modern architecture?
The city is being daring again, says Paul Monaghan; no its new buildings are derivative and corporate, argues Tristram Hunt
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OpinionTate extension needs a rethink
The Tate Modern extension, which received a £50 million government grant last month (News December 7, 2007) appears to completely overpower and destroy the architecture of the existing building.
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Arb inconsistent
I was interested to note Boots’ references to infighting at Arb (November 30), and its concerns about being cast as “dysfunctional”.