All Opinion articles – Page 129
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OpinionDemocratising planning
Aberdeen shows us how the idea of referendum on development is easier to manage than the reality
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OpinionShould we build an airport in the Thames Estuary?
Yes, says Tony Travers, the alternative will harm economic growth; while Rodney Chambers says it is neither needed nor wanted
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OpinionLet’s follow the South American way
Eladio Dieste’s soaring brick forms show how it’s possible to achieve marvels on a low budget
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Leicester dept’s real heroes
Your elevation of me to hero of the week (Leader October 28) was unwarranted: the future safety of Stirling & Gowan’s Engineering building and Stirling’s Oxford and Cambridge buildings should correctly be attributed to a raft of people who see beyond current fashion and appreciate the architecture of a period ...
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In denial over fire safety concerns
Just to put Boots right (“Out of the frame” November 4) I will of course be attending the afternoon session of the UK Timber Frame Association’s conference even though my invitation to act as keynote speaker and to attend the morning closed session to stakeholders has been withdrawn.
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Competition was steamed up
The design competition for the Windermere Steamboat Museum (BD October 28) seems to have produced a first: five entrants with one architectural idea between them. This is the result of the RIBA’s severely flawed “design” competition system.
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Foster’s breadth of vision is what the country needs
Hats off to Foster & Partners for self-funding its courageous initiative (“Foster launches £50bn infrastructure plan” News November 4).
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OpinionDon't bank on it
Former RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson was at St Paul’s Cathedral on Monday, in his capacity as lay preacher at the nearby Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer, dressed in this customary attire (see photo).
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OpinionOut of the timber frame
One person who won’t be at the Timber Frame Association’s conference this week is the veteran building safety campaigner Sam Webb.
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OpinionThe living dead
Boots joined a heaving crowd at the AA last week for the launch of the Radical Postmodernism issue of AD — the discussion of this un-dead architectural movement appropriately held on Halloween.
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OpinionOne of a kind
Boots was delighted to learn this week that Parliament contains at least one fan of post-war architecture.
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OpinionIt’s time to foster change
Foster’s radical proposal for the transport system could be the kickstart the industry needs
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OpinionDoes London need the proposed floating river park?
Yes, says Daniel Moylan, the plans are essential to revitalise the river front; but Tom Holbrook warns that the designs could erode the public realm
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OpinionWhat a guy
Boots would like to extend its warmest congratulations to Ted and Roz Cullinan who will be spending bonfire night partying with friends at the Royal Academy in celebration of their 50 years of marriage.
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OpinionWhat grounds are there for dissent?
As protests fill the headlines, laws about quasi-public space leave little room for manoeuvre
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Heygate still has a long way to go
Lend Lease held a consultation workshop on Saturday to discuss the new Heygate masterplan.
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OpinionHow Jim fixed Stoke Mandeville
I noticed this tribute to the late Jimmy Savile from a Keith Walters of Norwich on a BBC website:
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How to design an art school
I was one of the first students to study in Casson/Cadbury-Brown’s Royal College of Art buildings in the early sixties.
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We should be diplomatic about our embassies
It’s good to see the Foreign & Commonwealth Office finally getting over the loss of its 19th century empire and recognising its much diminished role (“Anger as US firms chosen for embassy framework” News October 28).