All Opinion articles – Page 202
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Opinion
Heir unapparent
A good deal of the correspondence written in support of Prince Charles’s involvement in Chelsea Barracks avoids the obvious question — how would his involvement be managed?
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OpinionThank God, old is the new new
When governments talk in terms of ‘out with the old, in with the new’, or ‘modernisation’, you know to be wary
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OpinionShould the UK introduce protection of function?
Yes, good design is about quality control, says Timothy Horton, while Paul Hyett fears the complacency of a protected market
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Sinking feeling
I recall my father talking of the holiday camp at Skegness (Archive April 24), where he trained as a wireless operator during World War II, the place having been taken over by the navy and renamed HMS Royal Arthur.
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OpinionDon’t scapegoat women
Women are particularly vulnerable in the downturn, so the profession needs to be extra vigilant that they are fairly treated
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Hang democracy
The calls from the Prince of Wales and the Traditional Architecture Group for more democracy in the planning system are nothing more than cynical opportunism.
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Correction: Woodberry Down estate
Last week’s front page lead story said that London’s Woodberry Down estate was being redeveloped by architects including Shepheard Epstein Hunter, Ian Ritchie and Wilkinson Eyre.
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OpinionA painless guide to torture chambers
A CIA memo has some handy hints on everything from insect cages to water boarding
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OpinionRogers’ Pompidou Centre gets French fried in new poll
Prince Charles’ views on modern architecture have been echoed by the good citizens of Paris who, according to a poll in Le Figaro this week, hate modern buildings, especially towers, and have voted on which ones they’d like to see demolished.
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OpinionWhat role should the public have in the planning system?
BD editor Amanda Baillieu and reader Charles Thomson go head to head on the thorny issue of democracy – or lack of - in the planning system
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Opinion
Prince of peeves
Whatever the rather hysterical Charles Thompson (Letters April 17) may think of the Prince of Wales, the fact is that he speaks out for many people who are less than enchanted by so much of the output of some — not all — British architects in recent years
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OpinionStill out of touch
In 1989, RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson wanted to get rid of the Arcuk
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Turning nasty
I am indebted to Robert Menzies (Letters April 17) for bringing it to my attention that in the 25 years or so that I have been visiting and writing about buildings, it has never before occurred to me to predicate a review on the turning circle within a project’s disabled ...
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Opinion
Equality first
The RIBA president is being both politically correct and defeatist to suggest that any move to acquire protection of function for the profession would be going against the tide
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OpinionWhere is the democracy?
The big hitters have rallied to Rogers’ side, but their unquestioning support for the planning system is naïve
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Function defence
Work to gas fittings requires protection of function to prevent people blowing themselves and their possessions to kingdom come
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OpinionConservation competence
I think you have identified the nub of the problem with the building conservation register (Leader April 9). Two skills are involved — the technical (vocational/craft) and the strategic (academic/ professional), and these run on different tracks
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The big picture
I thoroughly enjoyed Carolyn Steel’s piece (Opinion April 9) concerning the ridiculous stance which we in the west continue to promote as the only way forward for the world, that is, constant economic growth combined with constant population growth (for economic reasons, of course)
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OpinionIs Rogers’ plan for Chelsea Barracks good urbanism?
Yes, says MJ Long, it’s an integrated scheme that has rhythm and style; no, says Alan Baxter, its public realm content is insufficient and it destroys the existing street pattern