All Opinion articles – Page 127
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Healthy markets thrive on choice
Ellis Woodman missed a crucial insight from the Steen Eiler Rasmussen quote in his leader castigating architects for employing bold innovation in housing that then doesn’t get reflected in sale values.
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A lesson in building morale
Some years ago I had the pleasure of a conducted tour of Hermann Hertzberger’s Centraal Beheer building in Apeldoorn while I was a student at Hull.
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You can't build on cynicism
It has to be good news when a government document says “we know that the quality, sustainability and design of housing are just as important as how many homes are built”. To hear that at a time when supply is at a post-war low is particularly gratifying.
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OpinionBarking up the wrong tree
The description of Peter Palumbo’s Alsatian as “fearsome” (Archive December 9)
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OpinionWhat links Brady’s winner to architecture?
The animation in Kibwe Tavares’s RIBA President’s Silver Medal-winning project Robots of Brixton is well done. But what does it have to do with architecture?
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OpinionTop trumps
Architect peer follows in Obama’s footsteps, RIBA president keeps a secret, and what Peter Rees really likes about London
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OpinionMoralities and the market
In times of upheaval, OMA and Hertzberger are offering us a choice of ways forward
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OpinionSpeeding off into an uncertain future
While the MGB is going strong, much of the architecture of its time has not survived
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Architects must focus on housing
In response to the news that many of the houses at Scotland’s Housing Expo have failed to sell, the profession should accept your criticism that it is failing to make sufficient headway in producing sustainable housing that is both high quality and low cost (Leader December 2).
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Battersea is still worth the fight
To come to a responsible decision about the future of Battersea Power Station (News December 1) the questions that need to be asked are first, after so many years of being open to the elements, how much of the building is now left? And, second, how practically feasible is it ...
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OpinionRogers’ architecture is at odds with his politics
Congratulations for bringing to print Marco Goldschmied’s “exposure” of Richard Rogers’ hypocrisy (“Rogers blasted by ex-partner” News December 2).
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OpinionShould Battersea Power Station be demolished?
Yes, says Giles Barrie, it would cost a fortune to rebuild; while Gavin Stamp says it is a great industrial monument
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Activism comes in many forms
I was surprised by your interpretation of my comments at the V&A (“Moussavi: working in the third world is an easy option” News November 25).
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OpinionRogers’ scheme sounds too good to be true
I am delighted to see that Richard Rogers is now declaring his commitment to designing affordable housing (“We’re not in Hyde Park anymore” News November 25).
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Jack Cotton's flighty fortune
The man who ran the firm that designed Jack Cotton’s ill-fated Monico scheme in 1959 (Archive November 25) was a then little-known — as far as London was concerned — Yorkshire architect from Pontefract called John Garlick Llewellyn Poulson.
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OpinionPoor marks for school scheme
As an architect and a long-time resident of Hampstead Garden Suburb, I would describe Hopkins’ extensions to the Henrietta Barnett School (Buildings October 6) as a disaster.
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OpinionIs the autumn statement good news for architects?
Yes, says Andrew Price, the prospects are good for the building sector; but Irena Bauman feels there’s no point picking over the details as the underlying policies are flawed
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OpinionBold may not be bountiful
Architects designing innovative show homes ignore mainstream market trends at their peril
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OpinionArchitect owner of Fenton the deer stalker
Plus, we catch up with Zaha Hadid and George Ferguson
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OpinionOne hard hat doesn’t make a recovery
The stimulus package will need more than cash injections to make a lasting impact