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Debate rejects call for counter-terrorism design
“Every special interest group in the country wants architects on their side to carry their paranoia!” cried architect Piers Gough, speaking at an RIBA Building Futures debate last night on the culture of security-conscious design. “Don’t listen to them!”
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Sunand Prasad: Robin Hood reinvented social housing
In an article in the Guardian on Thursday, RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit back at Simon Jenkins' condemnation of Robin Hood Gardens. Prasad argues: "Robin Hood Gardens reinvented social housing and was designed by people who were anything but cynical about future residents."They were not part of the numbers ...
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Turner round
In abandoning the remarkable Snøhetta and Spence proposal for Turner Contemporary, Margate lost its opportunity to build a landmark regenerative project.
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Parry and thrust
The real trouble with Parry’s design for the Holburne (Solutions June 6) was Alexander Sturgis’s insistence on running the top gallery right through.
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Sainsbury offers
The Monument Trust is about to receive a very large injection of cash after this week’s sale of art and furniture belonging to its founder, Simon Sainsbury.
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OpinionNorthern rocks
Sheffield School of Architecture’s centenary celebrations in July will have a distinctly South Yorkshire flavour.
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Lead position
Amanda Baillieu’s leader of June 13 is good on the dilemma for architects in making their education more relevant. But she goes too far in assuming that no one cares who has the good ideas.
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OpinionHow MacCormac went wrong
Richard MacCormac put up a heroic fight against the BBC, but their correspondence hints that he lost the plot
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OpinionHis master’s hand
Tony Leitch’s contribution to the Robin Hood Gardens saga struck a chord (Letters May 23).
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London falling
London is the runaway loser in an “urban liveability” survey compiled by business and style magazine Monocle, which ranks cities by housing quality, urban scale, crime, education and healthcare, alongside necessities like obtaining “a good cocktail in the wee hours”.
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Defining thought
The word sustainable or sustainability occurred no less than 15 times in the June 6 issue of BD.
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OpinionTesco will be our carbuncle
Thank you for highlighting the activities of Cabe over Tesco’s proposed store in Hadleigh, Suffolk (News June 6).
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Heavy Breathing
Boots was not entirely surprised that it has taken the BBC almost three years to make public damning letters between its bosses and Richard MacCormac, the then architect of phase two of Broadcasting House.
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Title bout
Further to your news item “Arb threatens ‘very ill’ architect” (June 6), I would like to express my sympathy for this gentleman’s circumstances.
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OpinionCan architects be trusted to design bus shelters?
This challenging brief demands the best, says Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic, but Lorraine Gamman says industrial designers may be better suited to the job
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OpinionKeep the whip hand on 2012 spending
As the mayor’s man on the Olympic project, does David Ross hold a poisoned chalice?
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Guardian: Interesting buildings must be protected
An editorial in the Guardian on Monday has given implicit support for the campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.