All Opinion articles – Page 122
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OpinionPrince Charles’s actions deserve better
Well done for publishing your Top 50 Green Leaders. It is a remarkable resource.
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OpinionDoes Part L 2013 spell death for renewables?
A focus on building fabric instead of renewables is the most cost effective approach for housing, says Mel Starrs
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OpinionWhen one design fits none
A new range of standardised school buildings is likely to fail on all counts
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OpinionThe future's green
This year’s Ecobuild is the biggest so far and the green agenda is more relevant than ever
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OpinionIt’s time Pickles settled the question
Liverpool Waters provides the perfect test case for establishing the trade-off between localism and growth
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OpinionShould Arb be abolished?
Yes, says George Oldham, the body has served its purpose; but Paul McGrath fears public confidence in the profession would crumble with the loss of its independent authority
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OpinionIgnore workers’ conditions at your peril
Few in architecture today think much about the people who actually build buildings
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OpinionReader, I married her
I was amused to see your 1970 “Babe in the woods’” article (Archive February 10).
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RIBA-USA flies flag for UK firms
I read with interest your article “UKTI gives firms a hand” (News Feb 17).
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Forum may not be cynical 'stunt'
A very unfortunate headline on your front page (“Critics call Cameron’s city forum a Blair-style stunt” February 24).
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All is not lost for education
Although there was a great deal of emphasis on heritage in the Henley Review of Cultural Education (Leader March 2), the built environment did get a look in and architecture centres even got a specific mention!
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OpinionCan Cabe pass the test of supply and demand?
With only a year to prove itself, the design watchdog may struggle to create a commercial demand for its services
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OpinionEveryone likes a free lunch
The police are being questioned about hospitality paid for by journalists. But is it so different to what goes on at Mipim?
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OpinionIs the coalition serious about cities?
Yes, says Pooran Desai, it is opening up opportunities for us to take more control; while Irena Bauman says its actions are undermining the social fabric of cities
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OpinionJust give them a glimpse of something
At what point do architects stop responding to context?
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OpinionA mistake to write off glazing
Hank Dittmar is wrong to sound the death knell of glazed buildings (“The problem of people in glass houses” Opinion February 24). The unique qualities of glass are the very essence of modern architecture, and neither Ken Shuttleworth nor Prince Charles can deny their appeal.
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Don't scrimp on the design team
I fully endorse the recommendations by Design Council Cabe, which has again underlined that the methods used for the procurement of architects and other designers within the sector are not fit for purpose (“Cabe calls on MPs to reform procurement procedures” News February 24).
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Work together to design out crime
Irish planners and architects know only too well the dangers of including large open unmonitored spaces in schemes (“Let architects design while police tackle real crime” Leader February 17). The back lanes in Georgiana were never unoccupied — the staff and carriages often lived in the mews.