All Opinion articles – Page 17
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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
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OpinionMillennials are changing practice but not architecture itself
The demands of the rising generation should be listened to – because they reflect what other staff want too
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OpinionRebuild the Mack, but why stop there?
Mackintosh’s devastated art school is not the only significant building in Glasgow that should be rebuilt, argues Ben Flatman
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OpinionCan a single person sign off a complex building?
The Hackitt review’s common sense approach is welcome, but Eleanor Jolliffe has some practical questions
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OpinionThe fleeting pleasure of a palimpsest exposed
A building’s history is often hidden in plain sight for those with eyes to see. But occasionally a more intimate glimpse is briefly exposed
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OpinionIf developers really want to build communities they need to stop trying to control everything
The most successful places are messy ecosystems that have evolved over time, says Martyn Evans
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OpinionImproper housing
Does it have to be this hard for architects to design the inside as well as the outside of housing, asks Phil Coffey
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OpinionRaynsford’s vision for planning is spot-on, so put his ideas in the new NPPF
The government should stop messing with permitted development and focus on getting the fundamentals right
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OpinionIs Hackitt a golden opportunity for architects?
The recommendations in the Hackitt report offer architects a rare chance to regain their position as project lead
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OpinionArchitects are under siege
Everyone wants good design but they’re not prepared to let architects get on with their job, says Mark Middleton
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OpinionPost-modernism: It might be listed, but it’s not over
Po-mo spawned the era of post-truth but it also ushered in a freedom to explore ideas that we’re still enjoying today
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OpinionThe convulsive power of a single piece of stone
Ivanka Trump unveiled a plaque at the new US embassy - and unleashed a bloody new chapter in Jerusalem’s long history of rancour
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OpinionA short history of garbage housing
Gillian Darley recounts the radical story of the architecture journalist invited to advise a president on building mass housing from waste
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OpinionMemo to the whole profession: Stop talking about design and focus on lobbying ministers
We’re just wasting our breath, says Martyn Evans
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OpinionWill Alsop: He never stopped fighting for what he believed in
As the profession mourns the loss of one of its finest, we reprint this piece by Will Alsop from 2004, just after his Fourth Grace had been canned
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OpinionShow us that you mean it, minister
Dominic Raab’s declaration that poor design should be refused planning is massive - if it turns out to be more than just words
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OpinionHow Stephen Lawrence's death touches us all
Phil Coffey hails the good things that have happened in the 25 years since the aspiring architect’s murder
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OpinionGrenfell: So many wrongs to right
As the Hackitt review publication date approaches Thomas Lane assesses the calls for building regulation changes
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OpinionIt's 30 years since the Highbury Initiative - so why is Birmingham still making the same mistakes?
30 years after the Highbury Initiative, the city still struggles with the legacy of its post-war planning
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OpinionProbably the best thing the Venice Biennale could do is leave Venice
The architectural profession needs to face up to some uncomfortable questions, says Eleanor Jolliffe