All Opinion articles – Page 239
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OpinionErased from our memories
The government wants to forget the optimism of sixites and seventies social housing ever existed
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Opinion
Hodge dodge
Boots thought David Lammy was the architecture minister with the least to say on the subject, but could successor Margaret Hodge be following his lead?
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OpinionKitchen devil
The fascinating insight into Will Alsop’s kitchen for those of us who read last weekend’s Observer magazine failed to explain the half drunk bottle of red wine on the kitchen table that had — just half an hour before the picture was taken — started life as a full ...
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Crying shame
As ever, Alan Powers captures the moment perfectly — the Hayward was openly and almost universally reviled (Culture May 2).
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OpinionNo comment
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, over here to give the capital’s new mayor Boris a few tips on how to run a big city, has pulled out of the London Festival of Architecture’s big debate on the future of cities, due to take place at the Royal Festival Hall on ...
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City slipper
BD likes to be first with the news and left RIBA presidential candidate Andrew Hanson more than a little surprised this week by revealing that Paul Davis had withdrawn from the race.
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Book shopped
Rumours were rife last week that the RIBA’s anthology, Le Corbusier and Britain, might never appear in print after architectural publisher Merrell decided the text was “too specialist”.
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It's a bit rich
It has long been my belief that neither I nor any other director of this practice should hold any financial equity in the business.
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OpinionHappiness is not being patronised
I have just settled down following a busy week with a glass of white wine and this week’s copy of BD (News May 2).
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Backwards step
Gareth Hoskins’ pavilion for Scotland’s Venice Biennale (News May 2) doesn’t need to comply with any regulations but could have entered into the spirit of inclusive access.
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OpinionYou can’t design away bad schools
Good school design improves results. Really? I put my money on the quality of head teachers
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OpinionIs the drive for sustainability killing architects’ creativity?
Austin Williams, author of new book The Enemies of Progress, is convinced it is, but Pooran Desai of BioRegional Quintain has plenty of examples to back his counter-argument .
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OpinionDot to dot results: May 2
The winner of last week’s competition was Douglas Read of Edinburgh, who identified Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Dunbartonshire.
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OpinionWayne's a winner
Judging by April’s BD Magazine on housing, Wayne Hemingway’s mission to revitalise the design quality of new UK housing goes from strength to strength.
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Tesco's threat
Tesco may not yet match Wal-Mart in the US for trampling on community life in the cause of “retail rationalisation” but Jonathan Glancey (April 25) rightly highlights its persistent determination to ruin Hadleigh in Suffolk.
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Poor plot
Last month’s Housing issue of BD Magazine includes features on The Bridge (multi-material, multicoloured housing for people and birds, insufficient space for essential means of transport), Silvertown (greeny, gardeny, dusty, debris-ridden cladding needs replacement in 25 years), and Evelyn Road (lack of ventilation, exterior design badly affects internal function).
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Partners, please
Your report “Gateway needs single delivery body, say experts” (News April 25), completely misrepresents my views about the delivery of the Thames Gateway project.
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Not the Norm
Norman Foster’s tax arrangements, revealed in BD last week, have raised hackles in the profession, even those of former RIBA presidents, it seems.
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