All Opinion articles – Page 66
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Opinion
Every crowd has a silver lining
East London has lost out through Locog’s decision to re-route the marathon, but the news may not be all bad
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OpinionFixing the regeneration game
The London Plan should adopt measures to stop regeneration failing the very people it is intended to help
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Time off studies for good behaviour?
The imminent spending review will force architecture course providers to get creative.
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OpinionDon’t monkee with South Bank
The new generation of MPs could do with a solid grounding in architectural principles
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OpinionGames failure is symbolic
The New Delhi bridge collapse reminds rising economic powers of the global imagery of architecture
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Opinion
Redesigning Stuttgart with vuvuzelas
Noisy protests over its railway station scheme are helping to redefine a changing city
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OpinionOne supersize doesn’t fit all
Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to urban design.
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Who do we think we are kidding?
The trend for invoking the Blitz spirit reveals the hollowness of the new architecture of austerity
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OpinionDon’t ditch Dewsbury plans
If Cabe is to be relevant it needs to learn that architecture can no longer be treated in isolation
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Opinion
Correction: 17 September 2010
Ferguson Mann’s proposal to redevelop the Tropicana centre in Weston-super-Mare (News September 10) is a collaboration with S&P and not Faulkner Brown as we were originally told.
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OpinionCastles in the air
The winning dinosaur entry for your 1975 Natural History Museum competition (Archive August 13) reminded me of my own submission, which illustrated an entirely flexible floor mega-structure surrounding the lodge. What was I thinking?
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OpinionHas Cabe got the teeth to tackle poor design?
No, says Rowan Moore, the watchdog is too close to the professionals it assesses; but Richard Simmons feels Cabe goes as far as it can without statutory powers.
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OpinionDon’t pooh-pooh this change
Even before it’s finished, Barbican residents are debating a possible sobriquet for One New Change – the Jean Nouvel shopping complex in the City.
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Opinion
Clean streets
Daniel Moylan is right about the need to reduce street clutter. (Debate September 3)
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Opinion
Schoolboy error
The problem with Michael Gove’s “wise men” who are reviewing the Department for Education’s capital spending programme is they are not construction professionals.
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Lead by example
Prince Charles’s Natural House is now expected to complete in early 2011 (News September 10).
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OpinionThorp's top 40
Well done, John (“Thorp retires from Leeds as last of city architects” News September 3) and carry on your good works for the city of Leeds
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OpinionHowells’ act of bravery
It’s about time schemes such as Glenn Howells Architects’ proposal for King’s Cross Central (News September 3) that are brave enough to use proportions and considered design thinking are given credit over the fashionable and icon- orientated dross the profession has churned out in recent years.
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It's all out there
Please tell Ed Hollis (“Living in the greatest show on earth” Opinion September 3), it’s OK
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OpinionThis winter it’s all going south
At least we know the swallows will be back, unlike the values embodied in our cities’ architect’s departments.