All Opinion articles – Page 206
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Reality cheque
I read Jonathan Glancey’s plea (March 13) for the universal application of good design and manners, rather than the corralling of such principles in conservation areas, with absolute agreement.
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Plunder blunder
Pamela Buxton’s assertion that Corb “worked with Eileen Gray” on the design of E1027 at Roquebrune-Cap Martin (Culture March 13) is a commonly held fallacy.
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OpinionMIPIM 2009: Ending Mipim with a Splash
It all gets rather seventies pool party at the Urban Splash boss’s space-age hill house
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OpinionMipim 2009: Those crazy Russians
A Death Star-like development for the city of Tula wins this year’s megalomania competition
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OpinionDo you still want protection?
We hope our Arb survey will give an accurate picture of what the profession really feels
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OpinionValue the whole, not the parts
Nature England this week has broken with quango tradition and spoken sense: that the arbitrary division we make between the areas we conserve and those we exploit must end
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OpinionHorse sense
Further to Jonathan’s Glancey’s article (February 20) regarding the expense of Mark Wallinger’s White Horse at Ebbsfleet, there is a simple solution.
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Raise your game
In response to Andrew Black (Letters February 27) and his apparent concern for the work being done by architectural consultants/ designers, are we to believe that only part III RIBA architects are qualified to design buildings?
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OpinionHas English Heritage failed to protect Robin Hood Gardens?
Yes, says Dan Cruickshank, it has utterly failed to realise the estate’s worth and potential; while EH’s Steve Bee says not recommending it for listing doesn’t mean it should be lost
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Time to educate
Over the past 15 years, I have delivered many seminars to the public, which often does not understand that being an “architectural designer” is not the same thing.
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OpinionEasing the march of the Tesco towns
The supermarket behemoth won a competition ruling last week that will dictate the shape of our cities to come
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Bridge of sighs
I read with extreme sadness about the setback for Thomas Heatherwick’s brilliant bridge design for King’s Cross (News March 6). What is £7.5 million to pay for excellence in the present climate, when a banker is rewarded for his mistakes with £20 million in public money to play golf in ...
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OpinionStop PFI cash going to banks
Given that Labour’s craven worship of bankers has dropped us so completely in the poo, it is extraordinary that we continue with the PPP/PFI “supertanker” that puts the provision of our public buildings in bankers’ hands (News March 6)
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OpinionKen-do attitude
Outgoing Cabe chairman John Sorrell praises Ken Shuttleworth to the skies — at the top of Centre Point
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All in the name
I do not support protection of function. Even in Europe, this does not apply to small projects
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Access denied?
I wonder if the Quarterhouse arts venue (Works February 27) has had an access audit undertaken?
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OpinionMipim 2009: Four legs good, four wheels bad
An unconvincing mass tirade against cars only slightly marred the inaugural Mipim Pecha Kucha
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OpinionMIPIM 2009: Dispatches from the wreckage
The recession has made this year’s Mipim a shadow of previous events, but on the upside, plane fares are down
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OpinionPublic space takes an unfair hit
As the industry looks to public bodies for finance, the funds to improve London have been drastically cut