All Opinion articles – Page 218
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Opinion
Centre priorities
The Stephen Lawrence Centre opened in February 2008, on time and on budget, which showed the level of strong management expertise and leadership.
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OpinionBlade runners
Plans by Norman Foster to plonk an 85m-high wind turbine on top of Manchester City Football Stadium have been ditched after fears that it could become a giant death trap.
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Better plan
I would like to set straight some points raised in your news story “Berkeley Group chief blasts ‘secretive’ Cabe” (October 31).
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OpinionArchitecture failed in Deptford
Isn’t BD missing the “elephant in the room” in its reporting of the Stephen Lawrence Centre fiasco (November 7)? Namely, a failure of architecture.
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OpinionWill the downturn be good for architectural creativity?
Yes, says Nigel Coates, as that’s when ideas are nurtured, but Grimshaw partner Neven Sidor believes creativity is driven by surplus
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Red alert
Bloggers are asking why this month’s RIBA Journal carries a scathing review of Make’s Jubilee Campus at Nottingham University, featuring ski-slope buildings clad in landscape-format terracotta panels in random shades of blood red, while praising the rather similar (landscape-format, pressed metal panels in, er, random shades of blood red) Sheppard ...
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OpinionAcademies rule
Owen Hatherley’s criticism that the academy schools programme is meretricious misses the point (Opinion October 31).
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OpinionHow can architects buoy up business in the downturn?
To stay afloat, architects must examine every aspect of their business . It’s a cliché that ‘cash is king’ in uncertain times, but many a firm has gone bust with a healthy order book.
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Opinion
Us and them
The effect of the economic downturn is hitting architects hard but seems not to have reached Arb, whose marketing budget appears to be in rude health.
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Opinion
Ruling the roost
Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern extension is being fast-tracked by Southwark Council, Boots hears.
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Taxing question
During your Robin Hood Gardens campaign, the concept of listing was given undue importance.
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Opinion
Poor planning
The government’s target-driven attempt to force planning authorities to determine most applications within the statutory eight weeks has clearly failed. Hard-pressed officers have developed a range of tactics to delay applications for as long as possible.
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OpinionSurprised by Joy
More than a year and a half after chief architect of English Heritage David Heath quit the organisation amid a seething attack over low morale, his replacement has finally been appointed.
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Opinion'im indoors
It can be hard to be recognised for one’s own achievements when a partner is hogging the limelight.
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How to win trust
Like Charlie Bunce (Debate October 31), I too was involved in the Castleford project, persuading poorly paid architects to take part and liaising with the community to help select preferred design partners.
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OpinionHousebuilders need our support
It is indicative of the gulf between architects and developers that your leader (October 30) assumes an economic downturn will somehow force housebuilders to think about how to deliver Cabe’s demands.
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OpinionCan shopping centres be used to regenerate cities?
Yes, directly and as a catalyst, says Hammerson’s director of retail development Robin Dobson, but architect Ptolemy Dean prefers a return to traditional streets
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OpinionTime to burst the bubble
Should I let my project be published when the client is in dispute with the design team?
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OpinionBad baggage
I was delighted to read George Oldham’s assurance that progress has been made at Arb (Letters October 31).