All Opinion articles – Page 68
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Opinion
The politics of pedal power
London’s cycle-hire scheme is as much a symbolic as technical achievement.
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OpinionTime to take a broader view
Plans to demolish part of Broadgate show how the City is still desperate to give the banks what they want
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OpinionThe New Homes Bonus is not enough
It’s not realistic to ask councils to wait until 2012 for planning legislation
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OpinionHomework in the crypt? Historic churches and free schools
Disused historic churches can be part of a creative solution for the free schools programme
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OpinionBrady’s low pay challenge
RIBA’s next president faces a tricky job turning her strong words on poor working conditions into action.
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Olympics should look to Edinburgh
As the Edinburgh Festival shows, the ephemeral can show the way forward for serious projects.
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OpinionWe must face the ugly truth
Critics of BD’s Carbuncle Cup fail to see how it reflects the profession’s growing self-confidence
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OpinionWhy BD’s cup is a poisoned chalice
Laughing at bad buildings is self-destructive and fails to address the real issues, says Charles Holland.
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OpinionEllis Woodman asks why the best building built in Britain last year isn't on this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist
It always looked like this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist was going to be dominated by museums and galleries and so it has come to pass: three of the six buildings are of that type.
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OpinionBig society looks set to backfire
Even if you don’t side with critics of David Cameron’s Big Society, it’s hard to see how it’ll make any serious difference.
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Please keep your references to yourself
Cladding covered with pictures of knives and forks doesn’t make a building any more ’local’.
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OpinionWe need to redesign planners
Demanding a high standard of professionalism would genuinely raise our quality of life.
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Respect yourself
Am I the only person who believes that nobody should be asked to work for nothing?
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Peer pressure
Norman Foster’s tax status could be argued to be everyone’s business, as, up until the deadline for resignation, he was a member of the House of Lords
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OpinionGove has made the right move
Though understandably frustrating for the people directly concerned, education secretary Michael Gove has done the right thing in axing the 700 or so Building Schools for the Future projects
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Good riddance
The axing of BSF will be hard on some architects but will benefit just about everyone else
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Small comfort
As a partner in a small architectural practice with over 15 years of experience working with schools and local authorities, we saw the BSF swallow up our workload
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OpinionIs working in China the key to success for UK practices?
Graham Cartledge says there are now openings for talented architects to lead the way in new markets, but Stephen Hodder feels success can also be built on a sense of localism
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OpinionByles and the schools fiasco
Boots was clearly, er, on the money in pointing to the rather beleaguered position of well-paid Partnerships for Schools boss Tim Byles last week.
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Tory brutality
BSF can be criticised for many things, and wholesale change is necessary, but the brutal way in which the school programme was axed, with no consultation or evaluation of the value of projects other than what was contractually obliged, is indicative of the relish and haste at which this government ...