All Opinion articles – Page 16
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OpinionHome is where the hearth is
An Englishman might think his home is a castle but language suggests we’re happier living less isolated lives
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OpinionWhat is it about architects and urban design?
Architects love to break the mould – but you ignore the rules of urban design at your peril, says David Rudlin
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OpinionGaddafi's paranoia is alive and well in Fitzrovia
Gillian Darley finds herself under uncomfortable scrutiny at Facebook’s new home
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OpinionTime for fresh thinking at Bishopsgate Goodsyard
As the key East End site comes back on stream, client and architects have a chance to redefine London’s City fringe
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OpinionWe can't rely on the cyclical property market to solve the housing crisis - but we can take advantage of those cycles
If a slump is on its way we need to give councils the freedom to snap up cheap land and build homes on it
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OpinionWhy RIBA presidents are always doomed to fail
We must double the term of office if we want the profession’s figurehead to achieve anything meaningful
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OpinionWhat is the point of RIBA?
After recent controversies Eleanor Jolliffe takes a long, hard look at what the instititution really stands for
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OpinionA new low in office-to-residential conversions
The sorry story of Newbury House shows that permitted development too often makes people’s lives a misery, writes Julia Park
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OpinionSoane and the art of appreciating your collaborators
John Soane had a lot on his hands but with the built version of a pattern book and accomplished craftsmen he pulled it off, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionBeware the new Elysians
Gentrification by creatives is threatening the viability of cities. But some are avoiding it and we must learn from them, writes BD’s new columnist
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OpinionHere's some holiday reading, housing minister
The new line-up at the Housing Ministry needs to do some swotting over the summer, suggests Julia Park
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OpinionThe opposite of Amazon
Martyn Evans shows how digital disruption can pump new life into fading high streets
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OpinionThe NPPF - a national policy with local dangers
There is much to commend the NPPF but successful implementation at local level could be challenging
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OpinionThe Royal Academy of Dramatic… Architecture
How can we design wit into buildings, asks Phil Coffey, as he celebrates the playfulness of the late Bryan Avery
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OpinionThe hidden costs of studying architecture are causing profound suffering
Shocking stories of struggle and even homelessness mean schools must treat reform as a matter of urgency
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OpinionLooking back on the summer of 2018
The long, hot summer of ’18 should mark a turning point in the cavalier way we treat our world, suggests Phil Coffey
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OpinionBy the bricked-up waters of More London I sat down and wept
The decision to fill in a water feature shows why beancounters must be kept away from design decisions
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OpinionWho is social housing for?
Julia Park urges architects to pay more attention to the long-term maintenance of housing they design
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OpinionIf the Mac can be built once it can be built twice
There are strong arguments on both sides of the debate but the case for rebuilding the Mac has the edge