All Opinion articles – Page 53
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OpinionHow hi-tech dropped its cutting edge
The Cutty Sark is just the latest example of the Disneyfication of technologically advanced construction
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OpinionA good day for post-war buildings
With much post-war architecture under threat, it is cheering to see the Commonwealth Institute beginning a new life
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OpinionOlympic stadium deserves better than West Ham
Populous’s stadium is now a much-loved symbol of sporting success and it deserves to have a genuinely public use
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OpinionHeritage status won’t guarantee quality
While the Giant’s Causeway visitor centre may be a success, this year’s Carbuncle Cup winner proves that history is not always on your side
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OpinionVaizey makes a welcome return
The arts minister’s new responsibilities come just as the profession needs a sympathetic ear
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OpinionWho at the AA will take responsibility?
The AA Council remains remarkably silent about how the school came to be £5.5 million out of pocket
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OpinionCommunity is key to new planning policy
New neighbourhood planning provisions are vital tools to get housebuilding moving again
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OpinionHousebuilding is more important than Heathrow
The chancellor’s focus on planning is a distraction from the real ways the government can persuade developers to build
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OpinionArchitecture biennale is a very British affair
Despite their dominance at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale, the British didn’t have enough original things to say
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OpinionCelebrity politics distracts us from the real issues
Terence Conran is the latest household name produced to camouflage the government’s lack of credibility on the built environment
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OpinionBritain should try the Red Viennese waltz
The government needs to learn from Vienna’s example of how to create inclusive social housing in city centres
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OpinionVenice Biennale is about ideas, not commerce
Corporate sponsorship could change the face of the British Pavilion -— if, that is, we can even attract it
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BD’s practice app has the answers to your tricky legal and financial questions
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OpinionCafé culture comes at a cost
Public spaces that were once open to all are now the sole preserve of those with money in their pockets
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OpinionIs the Olympic Stadium legacy’s first white elephant?
Despite West Ham’s bid, the venue’s popularity means it may be closed for many years to come
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OpinionLegacy needs to stand by its radical neighbours
The Olympic fringe Meanwhile projects set the agenda for a creative legacy and must not fail through lack of funding
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OpinionShameful silence on riots needs to end
When London awakes from its Olympic dream its profound problems will still be there
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OpinionBrady’s Olympic protest is far too little too late
Locog’s ban on marketing may be ludicrous. But why is the RIBA’s only response a publicity stunt when the Games are half over?
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OpinionCelebrating the architects of the Olympics - BD's first ever app only edition
This week BD launches its first ever app-only weekly edition to shine a spotlight on the architects who have been frozen out by the Olympics marketing rules
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OpinionThe flaming dandelion
By reinventing the question, Thomas Heatherwick has shown that the Olympic cauldron can be more than a bowl of fire on a stick