More Opinion – Page 275
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Karma life
The Lerab Ling Buddhist Retreat Centre, north of Montpellier in France, is getting ready to welcome its latest recruit, Giles Oliver, a partner at Penoyre & Prasad, who is leaving the practice to spend 18 months at the centre.
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It's a flyer
Bill Dunster is being held up as a shining example of creativity by those well known visionaries, Canon, who singled out the architect as an example of someone “who is actively pushing the boundaries.”
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Quick on the draw
At last week’s Big Auction, Boots was amused to see RIBA president Jack Pringle get into a macho bidding war with Ian Simpson over Toyo Ito’s Tokyo, an original colour drawing of Ito’s recent projects in Japan.
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Bad timing
Angry shareholders at Tuesday’s SMC annual general meeting were in no mood to let the board get away with anything.
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Where’s the beef?
Guests at last week’s Sheppard Robson summer party were surprised to find themselves enjoying beer and nibbles beside some agricultural-looking art installations.
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OpinionTamworth — an architectural Life on Mars
Tamworth week is the perfect antitode to the whimsical flutterings down south
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OpinionEverything has political aspect
In his debate on architecture and politics (BD June 1) Robert Adam writes that “to promote architecture as a primary political activity is a naive and arrogant.”
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Standards bearer
Charles Jencks (Letters June 1) informs us that ownership of Palestinian land has declined by a massive 84% since 1907.
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Streets wise
The shared surface/space concept (News June 8) is well established and proven in practice, and aims to adjust the skewed balance between motor vehicles and other users in urban areas.
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OpinionIn the dark
It was illuminating to read the piece about “green lighting” (Solutions May 25), especially the 998 LEDs on the Sackler Crossing in Kew Gardens.
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London luvvies
Despite my suspicions that Cabe was a quango for London luvvies, I naively applied recently for one of 31 positions on its newly formed school panel. This reviews educational schemes and attempts to raise architectural standards.
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OpinionRelative value
I wonder how the £111 million spent on the refurbishment of the Festival Hall compares with its original cost. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Homes alone
I refer to your excellent report on the Thames Gateway (May 18). I was a social housing architect for 18 years with the Peabody Trust, and in my experience quality comes at a price — finances, time, inclusiveness and ownership.
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OpinionStepping in won't stop the rot
Heritage bodies must realise that some buildings are ill served by being on a list — and St Peter’s Seminary is one of them
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OpinionExposing PFI’s dead hand
Manchester’s fantastic new civil justice centre is proof positive of the benefits of being liberated from PFI
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OpinionWe can learn from Victorian values
Glasgow’s architectural unity transcends style. So why don’t today’s designers get it?
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OpinionShould housing associations use partnering agreements?
Cyril Sweett says give member architects more work, but Walter Menteth argues that they thwart the talented
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Eminent power
Bad girl of Brit Art Tracey Emin, who represents Britain at the Venice Biennale opening next week, has moved quickly to renovate the British Pavilion, which was not to her liking.
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Frankly speaking
Looking for an outfit to turn heads at the office summer party? Boots may have found the answer to every young architect’s dilemma — a t-shirt from www.itsasickness.com, tastefully emblazoned with the logo FUCK FRANK GEHRY.
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Urban smash
Landmark buildings in London are tumbling down as fire and floods ravage the City.