All Opinion articles – Page 187
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OpinionOne in, one out at Foster & Partners
Good news this week from the mighty Fosters, which is hiring “ambitious and talented” architects and trainees
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OpinionWhen the mighty fall, we must rise
There’s no use fretting over stalled schemes. It just takes lateral thinking to unearth the opportunities
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OpinionCross the threshold at your peril
The government’s introduction of ‘design thresholds’ only adds to a heap of useless jargon
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OpinionShould large-scale timber construction be banned?
Yes, says Sam Webb, because of the disproportionate damage they cause when they catch fire; while Meredith Bowles argues that we just need to design against its shortcomings
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Bags of talent
It was with great sadness that I read of Brian Anson’s death. Brian was a great source of support and creative provocation when I first started as head at the then University of North London
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OpinionBrian Anson: charming enfant terrible - and destroyer of SAC
I was sorry to read in BD (News November 27) of the death of Brian Anson; and I was transported back to distant lands by your comment
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Anson and the SAC
Much as I admired Brian Anson your account of his role in setting up the Schools of Architecture Council (SAC) is a bit misleading (News November 27)
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OpinionNo easy route to cutting CO2
The belief that the construction industry can bring about a 50% cut in CO2 emissions could lead to dangerous complacency
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Off the scale
I am surprised that the RIBA’s decision to abandon fee scale graphs (News October 30) has not been more roundly welcomed
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OpinionPapal rebuke
What did the architect say to the Pope? Hopefully something as cerebral as the Pope said to the architects in his audience on Saturday, which included Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid.
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The simple life
Simple, workable and delightful buildings no longer exist, replaced with buildings that are far too clever for their own good
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Carbuncle too?
At first glance, the new National Museum in Rome looks just like the ferry terminal in Liverpool which won this year’s Carbuncle Cup (Features August 28)
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Capital qualities
Cardiff is not a capital “of some sort” (Urban Trawl November 6) it is the capital of Wales.
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OpinionPhoto call
Who’s that next to Herman Hertzberger (Archive, November 20)? Is it the ever-youthful John Worthington, or just a lookalike?
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OpinionRome wasn’t built in a day
Ellis Woodman’s article on Zaha Hadid’s Maxxi building in Rome (Works November 20) applies conventional critical analysis to unconventional contexts
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OpinionWe can’t design buildings on our own
Unless we can develop a sense of common purpose all collaboration is doomed to fail