More Opinion – Page 86
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OpinionDoes the lack of a cash award devalue the Stirling Prize?
Witherford Watson Mann took home the RIBA’s trophy but, for the first time, not £20,000…
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OpinionNo defence for Hadid's Sackler design
Alan Power responds to Peter Cook’s attack on BD’s review of the Serpentine Sackler Gallery by Zaha Hadid
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OpinionA whip-round for the Stirling Prize winner?
It’s great that one of the younger generation of less established architects has won the Stirling Prize. Well done Witherford Watson Mann
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OpinionEU system would be a backward step for architecture schools
The central point of Patrick Lynch’s argument is: “Until we follow the EU and ditch the RIBA visiting boards, we don’t know what UK qualifications mean any more.” What a bizarre argument.
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OpinionLet’s Help to Buy into the Green Deal
To achieve energy-efficient housing we need to link it to the new scheme for homebuyers, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionPlacemaking – the link between design and value
In straitened times, now more than ever is the time to show the value of good architecture
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OpinionIf you’re going to run an awards evening, get it right
If the Stirling Prize is to be a showcase for architecture, the RIBA must address its failings, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionEveryone wants to be an architect. Why?
The profession’s popularity might be holding it back from progress, argues Denise Chevin
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OpinionShould brutalism be seen as a freak?
Architecture tsar Terry Farrell’s comments on ‘rubbish’ post-war architecture have provoked strong responses.
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OpinionFarrell's attack is far too brutal
Readers respond to the “vigorous attack” on post-war architecture
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OpinionLSA offers a radical solution
The London School of Architecture’s alternative model deserves to be supported, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionLooking for a decent architecture school? Good luck...
Architectural education in the UK is a shameful shambles, argues Patrick Lynch
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OpinionJoin the queue for post-war nostalgia
The Open House event showed that Farrell’s prejudices are not universal, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionLondon's skyscraper designers should aim high like Chicago
The Shell Centre’s real problem is about placemaking, not heritage, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionIs Open House the only way to get people interested in architecture?
Does one weekend of free access to London’s landmarks make a lasting difference?
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OpinionNon-EU students want to qualify
A great component of UK architecture education is acquired in practice.
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OpinionPart III needs to be maintained
What is the problem with part III? (“ RIBA and Arb to reform education ” News September 20) If you can reliably carry out the role of an architect, it should pose no issue.
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OpinionLet's learn a new civic language
Ellis Woodman touches on something very important in his review of Peter Barber’s extension to ET Hall’s Poor Law Guardians’ Office ( Buildings September 20 ), when he talks about its “sense of civic decorum”.
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OpinionLand and money still conquer all
Although I would love to agree with Sarah Wigglesworth ( Polemic September 20 ), my problem with her argument is that her modern examples of spatial occupation are all very transient.