All Opinion articles – Page 55
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OpinionPeter Barber Architects provide a vision of austerity architecture
The firm’s exhibit at the Royal Academy summer show contrasts with other designs
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OpinionBig meetings like big budgets belong in the past
Big meetings don’t happen where there is real leadership. This is lacking in the schools sector, which has been allowed to drift
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OpinionWhat we can learn from Astley Castle
The Landmark Trust’s scheme shows a way forward for ruined buildings across the country
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OpinionBomber Command memorial desecrates Green Park
Liam O’Connor’s unsuitable scheme has none of the dignity of Lutyens’ Cenotaph
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OpinionHeatherwick, the architect?
Ellis Woodman finds Heatherwick’s V&A show to be full of engagingly daft ideas
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OpinionTime to change the guard at Buckingham Palace
Sixty years of regal indifference to architecture have left a rather doubtful legacy
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OpinionWhy leftists should look back in anger
Yes, the left is lacking an urban vision, but the past few decades have left it with few means to develop one
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OpinionA marriage of convenience?
Not all practices can move easily into a foreign country, but Pringle Brandon found a way
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OpinionNul points for heritage streamlining
The problems listed buildings face are not to do with legislation but the lack of cash
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OpinionWhere are the left’s urban visionaries?
Urban farming and pop-up hipster urbanism alone do not bode well for a serious progressive architectural vision
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OpinionCompetitions won’t solve procurement problems
Public sector tender turnover requirements are the real issue, and the institute could learn from the GLA’s framework
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OpinionNewsflash from Tbilisi: demolition of the Lermontov House
Georgia’s architectural history is disappearing at a terrifying rate
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OpinionNo wonder RIBA’s election was a one-horse race
Harry Rich’s Radio 4 clutter conversation may explain architects’ reluctance to stand for president
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OpinionIt’s time for a new Serpentine design brief
Why the architecture competition has run its course
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OpinionSchools may learn design the hard way
Money-saving briefing packs may demand too much from buildings and architects
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OpinionBad design has nowhere left to hide
The Carbuncle Cup long list shows that even a well-known name is no defence against sub-standard design
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OpinionCan Ferguson end our cynicism about mayors?
Mayors have the power to revitalise our cities, but politicians are seen as incapable of delivering change
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OpinionSerpentine team digs deep for magic
A pavilion that focuses on a hole in the ground and some rainwater is going to need that extra something
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OpinionRussia needs a new type of revolution
Standoffs, rows, split ownership and corruption are taking their toll on Moscow’s constructivist buildings
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OpinionWill architects buy Tesco’s pledge to improve design?
With development budgets tight, practices shouldn’t ignore the opportunities that Britain’s biggest retailer offers