All Opinion articles – Page 31
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OpinionPlanning is for people, not just Boris
If the government is still serious about localism its Housing & Planning Bill needs to demonstrate it, says BD editor Thomas Lane
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OpinionOn beginning part III
Don’t mention the money! Our student columnist asks why the business of practice doesn’t get a look-in until the very end of an architect’s education
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OpinionAre we serious about estate regeneration?
If so the government needs to invest a lot more money and put communities before developers, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionHow the government is killing off the 1947 Town & Country Planning Act
Piece by piece, politicians are dismantling the basic tenets of evidence-based local planning, argues planning expert Duncan Bowie
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OpinionDear Greg Clark, how will opening up planning to competition actually work?
Mike Kiely, chair of the Planning Officers Society, examines the implications of allowing private firms to assess planning applications
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OpinionWhat Yorkshire monks could teach the Environment Agency about flooding
Gillian Darley uncovers a story of hope – and beavers – amid the devastation in the north
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OpinionDoes the government have any idea what it is unleashing on the planning system?
The Housing Planning Bill will make planning worse not better, argues former planning inspector David Vickery
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OpinionReshuffling parliament, the vanishing concert hall – and that bridge
Amanda Baillieu dusts off her crystal ball and gazes into 2016
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OpinionIt's time to update the UK's flood guidance
The Dutch approach isn’t without controversy but we could learn a lot from their vision, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWe must act fast to save Peter Foggo's legacy
The late Arup Associates partner is an important figure for many reasons - not least the example he set of collaborative working, says Rab Bennetts. But modesty in life means his work is in danger of being overlooked just when it is most vulnerable
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OpinionJe suis en terrace: Paris reclaims its streets
We’ll need to harness the same esprit de Paris if the Habitat conference on urban planning is to be a success, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionThe closure of this pool is a symbol of the austerity to come
Napper Collerton’s Elswick Pool was a good building loved by the community. But that counts for nothing in the face of savage cuts, writes Gillian Darley
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OpinionHave a look at what the BMA does for doctors, RIBA
RIBA needs to stop internal squabbling and focus on the profession it is supposed to represent, writes Thomas Lane
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OpinionThe spectre of redevelopment threatens more than post-modernism
Those fighting to protect Farrell and Stirling buildings from alteration should take a step back, says Ike Ijeh
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OpinionDesign panels must be given power that extends beyond ticket barriers
Genuine independence is essential if we want to harness the real value of design advisers, writes Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionDevelopers won't spend money on the best architects if the results are later trashed
We used to think we could ‘improve’ old masters. What makes us think buildings are any less precious, asks the man behind Terry Farrell’s 76 Fenchurch Street
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OpinionHow London’s future depends on seven inexpensive bridges
In a week of announcements about new Thames crossings, Terry Farrell argues that building multiple low-level bridges in the east could unlock hundreds of thousands of homes
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OpinionHomeland insecurity: Of castles and flatshares
Parisians’ instinctive response to the terrorist attacks - throwing open their doors to strangers - is one demonstration of our changing attitude to ‘home’, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWe face a race against time to save our exceptional post-modern heritage
Po-mo is threatened by a building boom and its own fleeting unpopularity. But it’s not the first style to face this peril and we need to stop reinventing the wheel, writes Adam Nathaniel Furman
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OpinionHow small practices can adopt BIM without hiring an expensive BIM manager
The author of a new BIM handbook for smaller architects has some practical advice for those hesitating to take the plunge