All Opinion articles – Page 34
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OpinionThe revolution will not be built until the people with power and the people with ideas learn to talk
A debate on morality in architecture was let down by the failure to engage both sides, finds Harriet Partridge
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OpinionWho's driving innovation in housing?
It’s crazy that the car industry offers more choice than housebuilders, says Paul McGrath
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OpinionWhen it comes to architecture, the public are all first-years
Educating them into part IIs is a task for the whole profession if we want design to be taken seriously, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWhy architects vote Labour
It helps ease guilt about the sort of housing being built, says Amanda Baillieu. But for older architects, Mrs Thatcher is a reason too
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OpinionRiding the railroad to revival
Hank Dittmar explores how the US’s organic approach to urban revival could take hold in Britain’s regions
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OpinionWe're not here to man the barricades, says Historic England chief
Nigel Barker defends heritage watchdog’s position on Norton Folgate and other controversial schemes
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OpinionIt's the architecture critic wot won it
Today’s architectural writers wield their influence to powerful political effect, argues Gillian Darley as the election looms
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OpinionDon’t let heritage become a victim of our economic recovery
Reintroducing enterprise zones has inadvertently put heritage buildings within them at risk of demolition, warns Justin Birch
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OpinionThis is what the planning system has become
Planning should be the ‘heart and soul’ of every council, according to Brandon Lewis. The reality, says architect and developer Crispin Kelly, is more about passing the buck
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OpinionPoliticians offer more of the same on housing
No party is prepared to be revolutionary enough, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionHousing is not just a numbers game
As Green Sky Thinking begins, founder Victoria Thornton urges the construction industry to keep sustainability on the agenda even if the government won’t
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OpinionReplication is never the right thing to do
As experts gather in Glasgow to discuss the future of the Mac, Alan Dunlop takes issue with Hank Dittmar’s case for restoration
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OpinionArchitect-free architecture? I can see a few problems
Open source architecture has to be about more than giving away blueprints, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionTfL needs to make this junction safer
BD’s Elizabeth Hopkirk offers a cyclist’s perspective on the stretch of road where Moira Gemmill was killed last week
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OpinionSometimes rebuilding is the right thing to do
Hank Dittmar hails the appointment of Page\Park by Glasgow School of Art and makes the case for reconstruction
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OpinionWhat are you laughing at?
Gillian Darley doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry this April Fool’s Day
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OpinionPractices must play their part – or education reform will fail
Offering student placements will be a professional duty in the RIBA’s brave new world, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWhat the RIBA's changes on education mean for students
RIBA’s director of eduation David Gloster hails the decision to rip up the three-part system
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OpinionSexism is not the issue for Generation Y
The real inequalities in architecture are race and class, which is where the RIBA’s #SeeMeJoinMe campaign should focus
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OpinionLondon should look to Paris for inspiration
Mipim showed our booming capital still has much to learn, says Amanda Baillieu