All Opinion articles – Page 181
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Opinion
Brighton knocks
Your articles last week on demolition versus preservation of Victorian schools was reflected in the Brighton Society’s experience of trying to preserve distinguished school buildings in Brighton and Hove
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OpinionRetrofit Birmingham? Mice might sew
Wonderful and extraordinary news from the West Midlands proves a false dawn
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Pass the Bayley
News that Stephen Bayley is to become the Times’s new architecture correspondent came as a surprise to Tom Dyckhoff who currently holds the job
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OpinionMidtown, the last bastion of shabbiness
Enjoy it while it lasts, the grimy integrity of this central London patch will soon be sandblasted off the map
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OpinionIs outer space the next architectural frontier?
As space becomes the domain of the private sector, architects will be increasingly important, says Foster & Partners’ John Jennings, while Robin Nicholson argues we should master building on earth rather than screwing up space
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OpinionSlow road to professionalism
Boosting social mobility in architecture is hampered by the time it takes to become established
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OpinionUniversities did not overspend
University spending has not been luxurious and cutting expenditure will have serious long-term implications for the sector (Leader January 15)
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Living proof
Ron Barnes (Letters January 8) makes various comments on Cabe’s Building for Life criteria, and then denounces both schemes in your cover story about the Kickstart programme (News December 18) as being unacceptable, judging them, it seems, on the basis of one photograph each
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OpinionA lesson schools must learn
In their enthusiasm to replace Victorian school buildings, are councils repeating the mistakes they made with housing?
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OpinionGoodwin may prove a wise investment
In a recession, someone with a track record of parting people from their cash has their uses
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Opinion
New schools first
The Building Schools for the Future programme has always been committed to the refurbishment of existing school buildings or other suitable premises where appropriate (News January 15) — and there are numerous examples so far, such as Elm Court School in Lambeth, which have given a new life into historic ...
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OpinionWasted energy
While I remain unconvinced that the relatively small amounts of man-made CO2 contribute significantly to climate change, (a belief which seems to me to rely overmuch on weak maths, poor science and too much religion), I have always been in favour of conserving energy and resources
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Opinion
Correction
The reference to Jay Merrick’s article on Salvation Army Chelmsford (Quoted January 8) incorrectly credited the project to Andrew Hudson
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OpinionSaid to Fred: Caption competition winner
More than 100 of you entered our caption competition to suggest what Fred Goodwin might saying to Peter Morrison as they posed for the cameras, announcing that Goodwin was to become a RMJM employee.
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Capital offence
While reviewing the requirements for the Forgotten Spaces competition (News January 8), we noted the sentence: “The site should be local to the competitor’s workplace or home.” We assumed this must be an unfortunately worded sentence, however, on quizzing the RIBA, this competition is indeed closed off to architects who ...
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OpinionIs the BSF programme a threat to our Victorian heritage?
Yes, says Ian Dungavell, there’s no reason not to reuse our Victorian schools; while Mairi Johnson says we need learning spaces fit for the 21st century
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OpinionWork and profit
In the last Boots of 2009 there was a piece on Vicky Richardson that I thought presented a slightly blurred image of her
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OpinionIs the Kickstart programme funding substandard homes?
No, says David Birkbeck, it misses the point and there’s confusion over the scoring; while Wayne Hemingway thinks Kickstart is evidence of an industry that chooses not to deliver good design
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An end to fee fall
Boots (December 11) misrepresented the Manchester Society of Architects. Ryder Architects’ bid would have been selected on the quality of its proposals and its recent successful completion of Newcastle City Library
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Don’t kick it
It does on the face of it seem disjointed for Cabe to promote a set of design standards which is apparently ignored by the HCA in making its funding allocations (“MPs call HCA to account over Kickstart standards” News January 8)