All Opinion articles – Page 19
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Is Greenwich Peninsula's design district visionary or just a marketing ploy?
Building a dedicated design district in the middle of a huge residential scheme is a London first. Can it work asks Thomas Lane
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Letting people get intimate with buildings is the best way to educate future clients
Open House is far more effective than glossy magazines at helping the public understand the value of architects, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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We need hard-nosed law and garden city utopianism to avoid building future slums
The best intentions could result in the worst outcomes if we don’t learn lessons from the past, argues Katy Lock
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This housing consultation is revealing - of muddled thinking
Julia Park picks apart the government’s proposed reforms to the NPPF
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To repel housebuilders’ brawn, good planning and design need political protection
Hank Dittmar reports from Devon on a sorry tale illustrating the ease with which big bucks can trample on years of meticulous work
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Why directors need to learn from the Instagram generation
Architecture favours the old more than most arts, but that’s no excuse for not learning new tricks. Tim Bowder-Ridger explains why you should be listening to junior colleagues
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How regeneration is working in two brave new towns
Gillian Darley reports from Hemel Hempstead and Thamesmead, both works in progress
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Every town should have a team of volunteer design advisers
Hard-up planning departments should take advantage of architects’ willingness to share their expertise, says Martyn Evans. But the politicians need to be prepared to listen - and act
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Exceptional places shouldn't be the exception
We used to be able to create successful communities. Now we go on study tours of the continent and wring our hands. David Rudlin suggests a recipe for change
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Harnessing the power of the architect’s unconscious mind
Parameters are important but sometimes architects must look away from the briefing documents and simply dream, says Neven Sidor
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Was it worth spending £48m on Battersea Power Station's chimneys?
Why spend a fortune restoring an icon just to hide it behind a wall of flats, asks Thomas Lane
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The architecture school that helped transform Los Angeles
When it chose a home next to Skid Row, SCI-Arc helped kickstart the renaissance of Downtown LA. No longer a nomad, can it hang on to its pioneering spirit, asks Ben Flatman
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It takes more than a PR campaign to create a real community
Eleanor Jolliffe has moved to Greenwich Peninsula and is struck by the developer’s efforts to manufacture a sense of commuity as a marketing tool
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What Charlottesville says about the ideological and physical contest for our public space
Our public spaces are under siege from extremists. What can be done asks Hank Dittmar
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Four priorities for the next RIBA president
Ben Derbyshire takes over from Jane Duncan as RIBA president in September and faces big challenges. Martyn Evans has some suggestions
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Recyling the spoils of Crossrail
Turning subsoil from Crossrail excavations into a new nature reserve is a win win situation says Gillian Darley
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Why design and build doesn't work
Design and build contracts were meant to give responsibility for jobs to one party. The reality is rather different says Julia Park
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Planners need better design guidance if we're to have high-quality cities
There are many ways architects and their clients try to hoodwink planners. The fightback starts here, writes Esther Kurland.
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Architects on the silver screen don’t do themselves or the profession any favours
It’s no surprise that fictional portrayals of architects are so stereotypical when documentaries reinforce exactly the same myths, says Mark Middleton
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Why can’t we make architecture intelligible to the general public?
A 1948 book encourages the lay observer to believe they can engage with architecture. Why are we still struggling with an elitist image nearly 70 years later asks Eleanor Jolliffe