All Opinion articles – Page 100
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OpinionCity streets need a rich mixture
With regard to your recent editorial concerning the relaxation of planning for offices-to-residential ( Leader March 1 ), I am neither an architect nor town planner and as such I have, perhaps, the advantage when it comes to seeing the “wood” rather than individual “trees”.
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OpinionCultural centre feels the squeeze
AHMM’s Willesden Green library and cultural centre ( News March 1 ) has been squeezed onto a small footprint in order to release as much space as possible for the private flats being built.
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OpinionDon't build boxes in Christchurch
I was born in Christchurch and was trained there as an architect then went to study in Auckland.
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OpinionRogers' house is too adaptable
I don’t disagree with the decision to list Richard Rogers’ parents’ house ( News March 1 )
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OpinionSurvey shows the profession must transform to survive
BD’s employment analysis shines a harsh spotlight on the failures of current practice
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OpinionA commercial proposal
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s scheme for the Southbank solves some problems, but fails to do justice to the existing buildings
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OpinionHow to design a low-carbon building
Simon Sturgis explains how a whole-life approach to design can pay dividends
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OpinionStaffing figures show the real picture
The RIBA’s Future Trends Staffing Index echoes the gloomy evidence of BD’s own employment survey
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OpinionHalifax HQ: A building that looks out of place but isn’t
The newly listed Halifax HQ displays a deeper understanding of context
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OpinionDo design ‘experts’ have too much influence?
Is Will Alsop right, or do architects need to get better at collaborating?
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OpinionRefurb has lost quiet dignity
AHMM’s Hampstead Road refurb looks like a transition from the sublime to the ridiculous ( News February 22 ).
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OpinionLack of capacity may weaken City
The headline “ US Expert Backs Heathrow Expansion ” (BD February 15) is not a correct representation of what I told your reporter.
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OpinionBartlett boom in EU applications
In the recent article about the plummeting interest in UK architecture schools ( News February 1 ), the Bartlett was mentioned as one of the most affected schools, with a 14.5% drop of applications.
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OpinionCouncils must choose the fate of their high streets
Relaxing use class rules threatens to undermine the delicate balance between homes and local business
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OpinionWill Mossbourne 2 have what it takes to be top of the class?
Everyone agrees school building costs must come down but inner city schools on difficult sites risk losing out
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OpinionNew builds must offer it all under one roof
Sustainability should mean durability - that’s the idea pursued by the Dutch
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OpinionShould 'beauty' be applied to housing design?
Volume housebuilding is guided by economics, not aesthetics, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel