All Opinion articles – Page 13
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Government policy undermines everything ministers say about beautiful homes
Julia Park unpicks the paradoxes in government thinking on housing
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Can Londoners take back control of their city’s out-of-control skyline?
The rush for the skies has been handled in a way that severely limits the chances of a coherent tall buildings strategy
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Architecture is not a rapid-response artform
An architect’s success should be measured against whether it meets the brief not the zeitgeist, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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Will Letwin’s diversity tactics deliver?
The Letwin review includes some good ideas but will the government embrace the more radical proposals?
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What makes a museum?
As backdrops for art, the Wapping Project could hardly be more different from Albertopolis, says Gillian Darley
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Letwin's report could change everything
David Rudlin hails radical proposals to cut the value of land and hand pre-emptive planning powers to councils
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How do we persuade business to invest in design research?
The most innovative industries have close links with universities, says Martyn Evans
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What can we learn from 15 Clerkenwell Close?
Buildings shoud be signed off by planners as well as building control, suggests Julia Park
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George Saumarez Smith is wrong – classical London is nothing but a thin veneer
Wren and Nash had a go at imposing classical masterplans on London but they failed spectacularly, argues Ben Flatman
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It has its flaws but Bloomberg is a worthy winner
Fosters’ Stirling laureate is an environmental game-changer, argues Ike Ijeh
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How to make buildings talk
The public are hungry for stories. Podcasts could be the perfect format for communicating architecture
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Where would you rather grow old?
Gillian Darley looks at some of the better examples of housing older people
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Learning from Los Angeles about female empowerment
Mark Middleton reports from the US’s Women in Architecture conference
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My guilty secret
David Rudlin confesses he finds Manchester’s controversial skyline thrilling
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A farce over fossils
Do minor variations between consented drawings and completed building warrant a demolition notice?
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We can’t expect the next generation to get us out of this mess without any help
Martyn Evans proposes some practical ways to prepare young professionals for their rescue mission
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We must stop young architects selling their souls for their careers
To end architecture’s Faustian Pact we need to teach students business skills, says Phil Coffey
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RIBA's good start on Hackitt
RIBA should be commended for being the first institution to embed the Hackitt Review’s recommendations into its guidance
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Living in a shared house doesn’t have to be a last resort
There is nothing wrong with sharing a home providing it has been designed for the purpose and is affordable
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Oxford’s failure to teach architecture is a disaster for architects and the country
Britain’s leaders are educated at Oxford – where they never meet an architecture student, writes Ben Flatman