All Opinion articles – Page 180
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OpinionZero points for zero carbon
The government may have broken its promises over zero-carbon schools but it continues to put its faith in a misleading benchmark
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OpinionSilent witness
Alexander George, aka Richard George, was strangely uncommunicative when Boots called to ask him about his attack on Grimshaw’s offices last month
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OpinionSitting pretty
Just in case anyone is struggling to make sense of my image (Zumtobel photo competition January 29), as I was, if page 21 is turned through 90 degrees...
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Post-war journey
Jonathan Glancey’s comment “it would be fascinating to know just how many architects have made their way up from two-up, two- down terraces, council estates, overspill towns and secondary modern schools” (January 22) caused me to reflect on my own experience and those of many of my friends and colleagues
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Equitable society
Jonathan Glancey asks to hear from architects who made it from the bottom rung. Before the war my father was a milkman. After it he was a bus conductor. We lived in Tottenham
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OpinionDrinking in the Swedish experience
Sweden shows that if we want better public buildings, we need to address our society first
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London calling
Paul Nicholson (Letters January 22) levels criticism at the entrant criteria of our competition Forgotten Spaces with Design for London and Qatari Diar
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OpinionBury a car park, not the V&A
A museum extension should raise our sights and spirits, not be hidden underground
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OpinionHave we become too fixated on modern materials?
Yes, they are more of a threat than a promise to the green agenda, argues Howard Lidell, while Arup’s Adrian Campbell says widespread favouring of traditional materials is simplistic
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Up and around
At the age of 12, I first became aware of buildings. I took to looking at their outward appearance, wondered how they came to be built and how they were used
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Correction: January 29 2010
The practice set up by former directors of John Clark Associates — which designed Huddersfield’s HD One scheme (News January 29) — is WBG Design, not WCB Design as reported.
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OpinionRude welcome
Judging only from the photographs of Christ’s College secondary school (Works January 22) it does seem, to my eye, and maybe to the eye of a child, to be oppressively unwelcoming and cheerless from the outside. Pity
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OpinionSave our post-war schools
While it’s great to see a large batch of Victorian and Edwardian schools listed (News January 22), it’s the later, 20th century, and especially post-war, schools that we are most likely to lose
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OpinionEveryone loves a good story
In developing the site of Libeskind’s ill-fated proposal, the V&A wants to ensure that this time it wins broad public support
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False economy
Ken Livingstone (Opinion January 15) advocates imposing higher standards on all new developments “as this will lead to a downward pressure on land prices”
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Clarification
After last week’s news story about the east London mosque, Newham Council has asked us to make it clear that, while a compulsory purchase order is an option, it is not one they are actively considering.
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Flat broke
Cole Thompson Anders (Letters January 22) is to be praised for achieving an excellent result based upon Building for Life (BFL) criteria