More Opinion – Page 325
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OpinionMole in the camp
Politics reared its ugly head again when Brighton & Hove council chief executive Alan McCarthy told those assembled that all councillors had been banned from the launch event to avoid conflicts of interest on the planning decision.
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Size is everything
John Barrow of HOK Sport is currently working on the new Wembley Stadium, the Arsenal Emirates football stadium and the new roof cover for Centre Court at Wimbledon.
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Wide open spaces
The Guardian’s new columnist Simon Jenkins joined Richard Rogers to open the New London Architecture centre’s Civilising Spaces exhibition this week, where he suggested what architects really liked was “buildings with no people in them”.
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Confronting the silent shame of neglect
So, several thousand buildings are to be protected in the event of war under an international convention.
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OpinionNew plan for Thames Gateway is overdue
Ten years since the Thames Gateway Planning Framework was published, “setting the framework for a sustained and sustainable programme of economic, social and environmental regeneration”, a new mind is being brought to bear on one of the biggest building challenges of our times.
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Tombs’ tones
Is Architecture & Design Scotland chief executive Sebastian Tombs keeping busy enough? Tombs sent BD a poem this week reflecting on the connections between architecture and music.
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OpinionIan Martin
“Owzat? Is architecture the new cricket? Darcy Farquear’say steers a cultural metaphor to the boundary”
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OpinionIkea’s brand comes first
One of the great benefits of Ikea’s hulking out-of-town superstores is that once you have realised the error of going once, it is not easy to be lured into making the same mistake again.
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Remember the floods of ’53
As John Prescott presses on with plans to build tens of thousands of houses on the flood plains of the Thames Gateway, history tells us the North Sea has a record of devastating the coastal areas of England and the Netherlands with deadly regularity.
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Pringle is our hero
Jack Pringle’s recent words to BD and the changes at RMJM bring into focus the great professional debate. Are architects part of the arts community, providing the public something they never knew they wanted until they see it, or are we servicing a daily societal need?
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Court in the act
It feels heinous to tell architects that the British Museum Great Court doesn’t work as a visitor experience when the roof is so sublime (News, September 2)
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Eyes on the prize
I share Ellis Woodman’s admiration for Haworth Tompkins’ student housing (Works, September 2) and also his misgivings about the Stirling Prize. It goes to “the architects of the building which has been the most significant for the evolution of British architecture in the past year” so what does its shortlist ...
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Keynes reminder
Peter Stewart is right to call for a fresh approach to the structuring of urban growth with something like a new town revival (Soapbox, August 26).
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We’re no Nimbies
Your article about plans for the relocation of a homeless/rough sleepers centre in York requires clarification (News, September 2).
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Turning the tide
Rest assured, Derek Abbott, our “ambitious” residential project on the foreshore at Folkestone (Letters, August 26) is not tempting providence with our attitude to the UK’s temperamental coastal conditions. We have spent considerable effort designing the scheme in consultation with the local authority and the Environment Agency to withstand ...
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Wot, no design?
I was fascinated to see Sean Griffiths (Soapbox, September 2) refer to “a partner of a design-led practice”.
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Expect more twists in the Holyrood mystery
The Edinburgh architects behind the Scottish Parliament might have expected a quiet life after the storm of working on one of the most controversial schemes of our time.
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School daze for the next generation
Here’s a story about a young(ish) practice whose work is not to everyone’s taste but which has something of a reputation, stretching beyond these shores, for doing challenging and innovative work.