All Opinion articles – Page 84
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Opinion
Words of wisdom
In Arb’s recent eBulletin we are told that according to its new code, which has been two years in the making, architects should do the following
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OpinionTrinity's team
Boots (August 14) attributes the design of Trinity Square (the Get Carter car park) solely to Rodney Gordon. That is incorrect.
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Stirling rethink
I agree with Will Alsop (Debate July 31): the Stirling Prize should be about building design
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OpinionWork smarter, not harder
I was sorry to read Mario Sua Kay’s letter (August 14) regarding your leader on holidays and of the impact Mario’s workload is having on his health
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OpinionMarket forces
You state that Hopkins’ plans for Greenwich Market are on course to be approved (bdonline August 21). Is Greenwich Council mad?
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Scots exodus
On the face of it Owen Hatherley’s article is quite a damning and thorough critique on Glasgow. But it fails to mention the residential and educational work in the city of Elder & Cannon, the excellent Beatson Institute by Reiach & Hall and the regeneration of the Merchant City
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Cladding failure
In his article on Glasgow (Urban Trawl August 14), Owen Hatherley mentions the Dundasvale Estate and the Glasgow Housing Association policy on demolition and recladding
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Past and present
I am of course sorry that the British Museum has been frustrated in its expansion plans, which may well be badly needed (News July 31)
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OpinionLiverpool views
Liverpool One may not have impressed Hans van der Heijden (Boots July 31) but, unlike his work for a puerile housing scheme in Birkenhead and indeed the immensely disappointing Bluecoat Chambers scheme, the “masterplan” is very popular here in Liverpool
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Working holiday
I loved the little bit in your leader (July 24) advising architects to resolve the company’s problems before going on holiday
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Glut of standards
The main problem with the size of new homes (bdonline June 11) is the range of standards being applied
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Data processing
Your article on the number of black teachers in architecture schools (News July 31) presents a misleading picture of diversity in architecture as both a career and an academic discipline
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OpinionRogers failed to put the case
In his letter on Chelsea Barracks (July 17) Richard Rogers says: “There has been a steady flow of misinformation about Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ approach to the design”
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OpinionTrue vision
David Nixon’s article (News Analysis July 17) is not only well informed and relevant, but inserts a recent and precious vision of the future by Jan Kaplicky
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Tipping point
The contrast between BD articles “Adjaye brought to brink of insolvency” and “Gimme shelter” (News & Works July 24) could hardly have illustrated better the tipping point between the old world and the new order at which architecture finds itself
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Oakus pocus
So what exactly is so transformatory about Kevin McCloud’s new development (News July 24)?
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Doublethink
The proposition at the epicentre of modernist architecture is that, to be worthy, a design should reflect its time, its zeitgeist