All Opinion articles – Page 229
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OpinionAre architecture students facing a fragile jobs market?
Yes, says Portsmouth School of Architecture’s Pam Cole, we’re heading out of the comfort zone of the past few years; no, says Flacq director Marcus Lee, it’s just a question of persistence
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Overexposed
Intriguing that Gillespie, Kidd & Coia was included as a culprit in Tony Leitch’s rather excitable critique of the “raw concrete aesthetic” of sixties buildings (Letters July 25).
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Town and gown
A disappointing statement from the RIBA president at the Oxford Conference echoed an age-old argument between practice and education.
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Positive focus
I was a little surprised at your selective reporting on English Heritage’s formal response to RMJM’s planning application for the new headquarters for City of York Council (News July 18).
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Think differently
It is disappointing that your headline does not reflect the real substance of Sunand Prasad’s address.
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OpinionDesign for London RIP
The mayor’s design watchdog had some good ideas, but it never held much sway with the man who created it
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Square dance
I disagree with the comments from the members of the House of Lords about Parliament Square (News July 18).
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Critical theory
Actor Gabriel Byrne may not have lived in Ireland for 20 years but he still clearly feels a strong attachment.
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Social climbing
First there were rats, then the temperature control went haywire. Now a new problem is besetting Renzo Piano’s New York Times building.
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OpinionA new climate for schools?
Sunand Prasad is right (News July 25). The lack of any real examination, as he states, of “normal life” from our schools of architecture is I agree “intellectual dereliction”.
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OpinionIcing on the cake
Buildings, furniture, shoes, perfume and now baking — is there no end to Zaha’s skills?
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OpinionShould Britain’s planning services be privatised?
Yes, says Brian Waters of the Association of Consultant Architects, to give planning an injection of resources and vision; no, says Phil Kirby of the Planning Officers’ Society, who wants planning services to remain accountable to local communities
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OpinionYour breakfast can change the world
Feeding cities has a greater physical impact on the planet than anything else we do
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Brought to book
Hold on to your handbags, ladies — at least when young architects are around.
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Battersea failure
Leaving aside the complete inappropriateness of the Viñoly proposals for Battersea Power Station (News July 18), the predominate failure, as with all predecessors, is that none have actually addressed a solution for the use of the power station itself.
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Dot to dot results: July 25
The winner of last week’s competition was Michael Sumner of Williams Lester Architects in Hampshire , who identified Alison and Peter Smithson’s Sugden House.
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Unkind words
Further to your leader (July 18) on RMJM’s £1 million support package to encourage more youngsters from black and ethnic minorities into architecture, the statistic that only 2% of practising architects in Britain are non-white is a shocking indictment of our industry and possibly makes it the last bastion of ...
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Spitting shame
The British summer put paid to the al fresco supper planned for the opening of Gehry’s pavilion at the Serpentine last week.