All Opinion articles – Page 117
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OpinionArchitect fathers need flexibility
It is very interesting to (finally) read an article from a new father describing the difficulties of combining an architectural career with helping to raise a young family (Speaking Out May 18).
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OpinionNul points for heritage streamlining
The problems listed buildings face are not to do with legislation but the lack of cash
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OpinionWhere are the left’s urban visionaries?
Urban farming and pop-up hipster urbanism alone do not bode well for a serious progressive architectural vision
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OpinionCash for PR not pavilions, Peabody mob & engineering a RMJM inconvenience
Cash for PR not the British pavilion, the Peabody Housing trust raises eyebrows and Dubai engineers hit back at RMJM
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OpinionDo you have confidence in Gove’s school building strategy?
Yes says Michal Cohen, there is a collective will to make the programme a success; but Yasmin Shariff believes the government shows few signs of being an intelligent client
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OpinionCompetitions won’t solve procurement problems
Public sector tender turnover requirements are the real issue, and the institute could learn from the GLA’s framework
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OpinionNewsflash from Tbilisi: demolition of the Lermontov House
Georgia’s architectural history is disappearing at a terrifying rate
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OpinionFoundations live in the memory
David Rogers (News May 11) has misunderstood Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei’s plans for this year’s Serpentine pavilion.
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OpinionSingle-minded on double-aspect
Thank you for a lovely review of an attractive building (Buildings May 11).
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OpinionBoris, get tough on development
A key task for Boris Johnson’s second term must surely be to get a grip on the hateful tide of ugliness steadily creeping across his great city.
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OpinionWaterloo space is being eroded
Owen Hatherley (Opinion May 4) does not mention the huge curving structure filling in the upper levels of the eastern side of Waterloo station, currently causing great inconvenience to passengers.
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OpinionRefurbish Elliott, don't demolish it
While I agree entirely with Kate Macintosh in her description of buildings as a public embodiment of collective memory (Letters May 11), her “musings” have a wistful, elegiac tone of resignation which, at least in the case of Elliott School, I hope is premature.
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OpinionNo wonder RIBA’s election was a one-horse race
Harry Rich’s Radio 4 clutter conversation may explain architects’ reluctance to stand for president
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OpinionIt’s time for a new Serpentine design brief
Why the architecture competition has run its course
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OpinionSchools may learn design the hard way
Money-saving briefing packs may demand too much from buildings and architects
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OpinionIs Herzog & de Meuron’s Serpentine pavilion a con?
Yes, says Robert Adam, it shows conceptual architecture should not involve buildings; but John McAslan says it embodies the essence of good design
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OpinionTwo stings for the AA, a high-profile wicket at Lord’s and frustration at the education department
Boots on Brett Steele, John Major and Michael Gove
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OpinionBad design has nowhere left to hide
The Carbuncle Cup long list shows that even a well-known name is no defence against sub-standard design
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OpinionFraud fiasco, 'fake' design and fierce criticism
Boots looks in on the AA, the Serpentine and the Maxxi
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OpinionCan Ferguson end our cynicism about mayors?
Mayors have the power to revitalise our cities, but politicians are seen as incapable of delivering change