All Opinion articles – Page 81
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OpinionRome wasn’t built in a day
Ellis Woodman’s article on Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi building in Rome (Works November 20) applies conventional critical analysis to unconventional contexts
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OpinionPhoto call
Who’s that next to Herman Hertzberger (Archive, November 20)? Is it the ever-youthful John Worthington, or just a lookalike?
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Capital qualities
Cardiff is not a capital “of some sort” (Urban Trawl November 6) it is the capital of Wales.
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Carbuncle too?
At first glance, the new National Museum in Rome looks just like the ferry terminal in Liverpool which won this year’s Carbuncle Cup (Features August 28)
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The simple life
Simple, workable and delightful buildings no longer exist, replaced with buildings that are far too clever for their own good
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Off the scale
I am surprised that the RIBA’s decision to abandon fee scale graphs (News October 30) has not been more roundly welcomed
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Can’t win ’em all
It is sad to read of the suspension of the scheme to extend Asplund’s Stockholm City Library (News November 13), but predictable. The difficulty with competitions that rely on a winning design, which is then implemented, is the lack of opportunity for reflection and consultation
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United approach
The construction industry cannot afford to waste any more time debating which scientific data it prefers to believe. There is a “good enough” consensus among climate scientists that humans can affect climate
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OpinionClimate change beyond ‘belief’
I am amazed that many usually rational people — including architects — have turned into evangelical, fanatical bigots when it comes to the question of climate and energy
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Keep a cool head
Our profession has a key role in adapting for the consequences of the 10-century-long trend of global warming, but this does not mean we have to dumbly accept the assertions of the “greenhouse gas” proponents. Many of the same climate campaigners were frightening us with a new ice age, as ...
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Don’t talk rubbish
Jonathan Glancey’s article, “Home is where the bullying is” (November 13) is unnecessarily unkind to those who have the unpleasant task of dealing with our recycling and waste at “town dumps”
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Solid evidence
Your editorial “Is global warming hot air?” (November 6) does a great disservice to our profession. To claim a “growing wealth of scientific evidence” that climate change is not predominantly man made, without citing this supposed evidence, either suggests that BD knows something the rest of us don’t, or BD ...
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RIBA box ticking
I fail to understand why the RIBA makes it compulsory for practices who want to be chartered to have to have an environmental policy
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Good chances
So the London Development Agency is “championing” good design by only employing “good” architects (News November 6)
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Climate debate has moved on
Responding to your leader last week,“Is global warming hot air?”, it is worth reflecting on how the climate change debate has developed
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Data error
As a professional meteorologist and hydrologist, may I congratulate you on approaching this thorny topic with the proper scientific rigour, which even whilst I was at school, I was taught should provide considered conclusions, which can only be supported by fact
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Talent show
In these gloomy times it is nice to see that the likes of Atkins and Capita are “poaching” talent from design-oriented firms
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OpinionChipperfield's lucky escape
I can empathise with David Chipperfield’s disappointment for not being asked to develop his competition-winning Film Centre design for the BFI (News October 30). My 1995 design for it, for the south side of Tate Modern, was similarly superseded