All Opinion articles – Page 27
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OpinionAt last the government gets it; a more diverse housebuilding sector is the key to increasing supply
Government funding to help small builders deliver more homes is welcome but safeguards will be needed to ensure the land doesn’t end up in the hands of the volume housebuilders
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Opinion
People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones
Neo Bankside residents unhappy about being overlooked seemed to have forgotton that they overlook a neighbouring almshouse that has been there for 250 years
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OpinionTechnology ought not to be blindly embraced but filtered by human scale design and building processes
Architects must remember to apply environmental intelligence and ethical principles to design and not be swept aside by technological innovation says Leon Krier
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OpinionCan we justify stand-alone libraries any more?
John McAslan’s Camberwell library is a beautifully considered building but with a price tag of £2m perhaps it should have been part of a mixed-use scheme
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OpinionWhy Cambridge is beating Oxford in the planning race
Oxford’s housing crisis is down to its inability to plan for growth. Cambridge on the other hand is actively engaged with urban expansion, says Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhy the London Festival of Architecture struggles to make the headlines
The LFA fails to tap into the huge public appetite for inspiring design – the London Design Festival shows us how it can and should be done
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OpinionLet's use Brexit as a springboard to transform the creative sector
There’s no point regretting what’s happened - what we need now is an open debate about how to seize the opportunities, argues Alastair Donald
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OpinionI'm excited by the global prospects Brexit brings
We could see a new wave of Brits working beyond mainland Europe but there are pitfalls that all architects should be aware of …
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OpinionWe all have a duty to stand up to the toxic culture at architecture schools
As hundreds of first years begin part I, BD’s student columnist calls time on a pernicious academic attitude that has normalised suffering
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OpinionWhen is a home a dwellinghouse and when is it a family unit?
Julia Park shows up the many inconsistencies in the UK’s Use Classes and suggests it is time to rewrite the planning lexicon
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OpinionWhy Lincoln Plaza won the Carbuncle Cup
Lincoln Plaza has won the 2016 Carbuncle Cup and is yet another shameful indictment of bad planning as well as bad architecture
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OpinionArchitects are critical to adapting our cities to climate change
The Great Fire of London is a lesson in creative responses to human disaster that we should remember when planning modern urban communities
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OpinionPeople have to be brainwashed to appreciate the Southbank or Robin Hood Gardens
The public are entitled to their architectural preferences and modernists have no right to judge them, says Leon Krier
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OpinionThe secret behind a chain-free high street
Deptford Market Yard in south London is an example of a large developer deliberately avoiding the big brands and taking a risk with untested tenants
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OpinionWhat former Soviet republics can teach us about ruin porn and pizza chains
Britain’s attitude to buildings no longer wanted is hit and miss, Gillian Darley finds
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OpinionBirmingham’s planners display a shocking lack of care for their city
Birmingham needs to wake up to its own worth if it’s going to turn things around, says Ben Flatman
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OpinionWill this government fail at regional development like all the rest?
Brexit exposed our country’s deep divide between London and the regions but we don’t have any detail on how Theresa May’s team plans to heal it
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OpinionEdward Jones celebrates the return of a design classic
The TC100 range of china went out of production 10 years ago, but now it is making a welcome reappearance
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OpinionBrexit: All the reasons I can think of not to despair
Mark Middleton chooses to be optimistic about the referendum result - and finds some good news for architects
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OpinionThe urbanist’s Stirling Prize
Hank Dittmar assesses this year’s contenders for what they give back to the street