More Opinion – Page 260
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Incredible hulk
It’s still there! Battersea Power Station (News October 5) is the commuter eyesore to end all eyesores — derelict for years.
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Home truths
Your story about a prefab holiday home which powers itself (News October 12) caught my eye.
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Figured out
I may be biased, but your story on Channel 4’s birthday sculpture (Solutions October 19) left me wondering why a structure engineered from composite materials wasn’t used
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OpinionImage conscious
A propos Boots (October 5), Britain has a swastika of its own, a bit less dramatic but unmistakable nevertheless.
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Moving image
Jan Kaplicky may have faced serious hurdles trying to see his Czech national library built, but at least he has a shoulder to cry on when times get tough, Boots is glad to hear.
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OpinionAll mapped out
Among the ideas presented to the Green Dragons Den at the RIBA Small Practice conference last week was one by architect Amenity Space which proposed making building blocks of old Ordnance Survey maps.
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Boys, boys
Design for London’s corporate message “welcomes the active participation of a wide range of organisations and individuals working... to make London a better place” so it seems odd — even sexist — to find it sponsoring a conference with a male-only line-up.
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OpinionBleak house
A recent piece by Germaine Greer (pictured) celebrating her “friend” Ted Cullinan must have proved a challenging read for the RIBA Gold medal winner.
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Bite the bullet
It may have pleased the train spotters, but putting a life-sized model of a Bullet train at the new Ebbsfleet station has given London & Continental Railways architect Andrew Lansley a bit of a headache.
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OpinionWill’s latest leap looks good
Will Alsop has fallen into Marco Goldschmied’s open arms — and it could finally give him the chance to compete at the highest level
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OpinionPedalling in Paris is just a hard sell
What looks like a throwback to the hippies is tough consumerism, and it’s coming your way
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OpinionIs Foster’s plan for Clarence Hotel a threat to Dublin?
Dublin has already experienced the disastrous effect of signature architecture in the wrong place, says Kevin Duff; while Robert Payne argues that it is a chance for Foster to create a remarkable building
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OpinionExploring Beansy’s multiverse: Part One
Ian Martin finds out what life is like in a selection of parallel universes
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OpinionWhat’s afoot?
Zaha Hadid is to join Jordan, Coleen McLoughlin and Jade Goody in being the latest celeb to launch her own perfume range.
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Keeping Chipper
You might have thought the RIBA would be only too happy to lend the Florence Hall to the Stirling prizewinner, especally on a Monday night — but no.
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Women’s work
Two wives are better than one was the overriding message the audience took away from Richard Rogers’ recent talk at the RIBA.
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In the thick of it
Good to see Scottish watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland is on the ball.