All Opinion articles – Page 29
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OpinionArne Jacobsen designed chairs. Why won't architects let Heatherwick design buildings?
Architects have nothing to fear from designers straying on to their turf - and plenty to gain from collaboration, argues Mark Middleton
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OpinionPoliticians would do well to show more interest in urban design
Leon Krier proposes a new European capital built on genuinely sustainable principles. It would make the EU more lovable, be a model for other city builders - and help end our dependence on oil, he argues
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OpinionPostcards from continental railway stations
Gillian Darley hails a new generation of European stations and asks what we can learn
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OpinionMayoral targets - and mayoral rhetoric
Whoever succeeds Boris Johnson this week one thing is certain - they will struggle to build enough affordable housing for London, says BD editor Thomas Lane
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OpinionWe're pushing out talent by ignoring the business side of the profession till part III
BD’s student columnist takes issue with her unbalanced architectural education
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OpinionWhy the Panama Papers raise questions for architects too
Greater transparency is good news for the profession - but not necessarily in the way you might think, says Amanda Baillieu
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AnalysisBoris Johnson: Assessing his legacy
As the eight-year tenure of the mayor of London draws to a close, many Londoners have mixed feelings about the changes he has wrought on their city
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OpinionLondon's tall buildings bloopers
There’s lots of great new architecture in London but you wouldn’t know it to look at the skyline, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionBritain's urban literacy is a national scandal
Critic Jonathan Glancey laments the loss of city making skills
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OpinionThanks to the EU, architects can work in more places than ever before
Ben Flatman looks at the implications of Brexit for architects’ freedom of movement
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OpinionThe Green Belt is protected for a reason
Gillian Darley says a visit to Cairo or Delhi shows what can go wrong
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OpinionCollaboration and research are key to the survival of the profession
Architects must offer clients meaningful evidence - and the RIBA should be drawing it together, says Ben Derbyshire
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OpinionYou can't just build a railway and hope the Northern Powerhouse will succeed
Designing attractive places where people will want to build a life must be a critical part of the government’s plan, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionLondon won’t find the answer until it asks the right question
House prices in the capital have risen 45% under Boris Johnson. Infrastructure is at breaking point. We urgently need to decide what kind of city we want London to be, says Julia Park
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OpinionTime to stop going down the garden path and come up with a strategy
Solving the housing crisis is not just a numbers game: it requires proactive planning. Jeff Nottage urges the government to abandon opportunism and get serious
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OpinionA towering mess that the government has the power - but not the will - to address
We must act to shape the market or we’ll have a skyscraper glut and still no affordable housing, warns Hank Dittmar
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OpinionWhy so many English picnics happen in motorway lay-bys
The people’s exclusion from Arcadia should be a national scandal, says Leon Krier. Instead we seem happy to settle for a handkerchief-size garden
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OpinionYou've got to laugh or you'd cry
Gillian Darley aims to cheer with her trawl through the funniest architecture in literature
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OpinionLessons from competitive Paris
London’s next mayor would do well to look across the Channel, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhat Brexit might mean for architects
It’s hard to separate the facts from the rhetoric, but on balance the profession will probably be best served by the UK remaining in the EU, says BD editor Thomas Lane