All Opinion articles – Page 51
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OpinionUCL’s new site is not ‘in’ Stratford at all
The planned campus seems designed not to engage with its surroundings
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OpinionStill inspirational after all these years
Ted Cullinan first visited Corbusier’s Ronchamp chapel 57 years ago. This week’s Inspiration covers his return
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OpinionOnly good design can open the door
Nick Boles’ attack on ‘pig-ugly’ housing is a step in the right direction
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OpinionContinuity or contrast: take your pick
A visit to Beijing reveals three different approaches to the question of context
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OpinionThe RIBA must listen to members’ fee concerns
Nearly two thirds of architects want the institute to bring back fee scales
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OpinionJoin Canning Town’s Caravanserai
Ash Sakula’s competition is a great opportunity for an emerging practice
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OpinionThe most ruthless restoration in history
Mies van der Rohe’s Tugendhat Villa has been eerily cleansed of its past
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OpinionNow it’s clear that the fee situation is out of control
Sanctuary’s fee terms mark a low point in the value housing associations put on design
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OpinionThe Walkie-Talkie is sending out a disturbing message
The City’s most recent arrival highlights the need for a better balance between the needs of developers and our urban landscape
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OpinionModernism has lost a sense of purpose
Modern architecture needs to rediscover its original ideas about social context
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OpinionWhen heritage becomes a dirty word
Alan Bennett’s new play voices a forceful objection to the habit of reducing historic buildings to objects of spectacle
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OpinionUCL’s Stratford plans must strike a delicate balance
Negotiations over the university’s scheme for a Carpenters Estate campus should look to King’s Cross as an example
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OpinionCan cities be stormproof by design?
Hurricane Sandy is a reminder that is too easily forgotten
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OpinionLasdun’s drawings find a global home
Digitisation means the location of an architect’s archive is less important than the quality of its preservation
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OpinionRobin Hood Gardens deserves better
Aedas’s ill-defined and over-developed new designs lack the urban vision of the Smithsons
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OpinionPeople like old houses for a reason, Alain
Alain de Botton’s comments perpetuate the rift between the public and designers
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OpinionArchitects must be at the heart of regulations reform
If the profession doesn’t make its presence felt, the regulations review will succumb to the influence of vested interests
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OpinionLondoners have that sinking feeling
The demise of Gensler’s floating park shows that privately funded schemes need closer scrutiny
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OpinionNow they’ll jail you for rocking the boat
Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield’s imprisonment tells us about the changes to our public space
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OpinionYoung architects deserve better than a pop-up future
This year’s YAYA shortlist offers hope, but what the profession needs is a new generation of good clients