All Opinion articles – Page 37
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OpinionNarrow views lead us down a cul-de-sac
The sort of housing people want has changed enormously and house builders need to take note, says BD columnist Hank Dittmar
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OpinionIt's time the Stirling Prize celebrated function as well as form
It’s madness to honour a building that looks great but performs badly, argues engineer John Deasy
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OpinionVenturing east of the border
Gillian Darley visits one of the least-known parts of the kingdom, 20 miles from the M25
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OpinionThe provincial towns we jog round
The Scottish referendum shows that we must stop our London obsession, argues BD’s student columnist
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OpinionScotland's Aladdin
Alex Salmond and the yes campaign lost their battle for an independent Scotland - but by letting the genie of devolved powers out of the bottle, they did us all a favour, says former RIBA president Jack Pringle
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OpinionGive us the land and we'll solve the housing crisis ourselves
There’s never been a better time to tell politicians what we want, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionWorries over towers miss the point
Super-dense schemes can work in London as long as they reinforce street spaces, says Ben Derbyshire
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OpinionPoint of departure
People once flocked to Folkestone. Amanda Baillieu wonders whether an empty, windswept site holds the key to turning the end-of-the-line town in Kent back into a destination.
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OpinionHousing the UK is an opportunity not a crisis
We have enough homes but they’re owned by the wrong people, argues BD’s student columnist
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OpinionFinally, some smart thinking about Garden Cities
BD columnist Hank Dittmar lauds Urbed’s prize-winning plans and urges politcians to do likewise
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OpinionEvery picture tells a (tall) story
BD columnist Gillian Darley on the sleights of hand CGIs create
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OpinionArles' towering folly
The ancient French town has no need for Frank Gehry’s flashy intervention, argues BD’s editor-at-large Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionShaking hands with the devil
Should architectural ambition ever yield to other considerations, asks BD’s student columnist
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OpinionEven modernism is history now
The Lords were right to identify heritage as a living thing, argues BD columnist Hank Dittmar
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OpinionWhy architecture won't be an election issue any time soon
The profession must use its creativity to raise its profile, argues BD’s student columnist
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OpinionIn praise of architecture's Romantic Pragmatists
BD columnist Gillian Darley celebrates the architecture of quiet ambition
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OpinionGlorious Georgians
Georgian architecture celebrates its 300th birthday this month, but how will our buildings be remembered in three centuries’ time?
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OpinionDon't listen to me: what do I know?
BD’s new student columnist, Eleanor Jolliffe, argues that students are the last people who should be consulted by educational reformers
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OpinionWhat is the Green Belt for?
It’s time to start building houses on London’s protected cordon, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionAn urbanist's view of the Stirling shortlist
Hank Dittmar says Haworth Tompkins’ Everyman Theatre best addresses its city location and deserves to win