All Opinion articles – Page 243
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The point is to design for users
While I am sure that I’m not the only person to be rubbing my hands in glee at Peter Morrison’s attack on starchitects (News March 28), a cautionary note should perhaps be sounded.
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OpinionIt’s crunch time for Hodge
This week’s heritage bill is Margaret Hodge’s chance to spark the debate on post-war architecture
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Mayoral build-up
With the London mayoral race now at full throttle, Boots has a keen eye trained on Ken, Boris and Brian.
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OpinionIn our borough, planning is for wimps
Once a much vaunted nuclear-free zone, these days Hackney is just a free-for-all
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OpinionArt thought
Just as we are all heading for a recheck of our values, with the credit crunch looming over our clients’ heads, a debate is needed on how worthwhile some of our architecture is.
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OpinionIs a faster planning process always better?
The HBF’s Stewart Baseley says the planning system is too inefficient but the RTPI’s Rynd Smith says good built outcomes must trump all other considerations
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Trapped in T5
As hundreds of architects and construction types gathered at AHMM’s groovy Westminster Academy for its opening last week, a major player was conspicuous by his absence — Nigel Hugill, chairman of Lend Lease Europe, one of Westminster’s more high profile champions.
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OpinionDot to dot results: 28 March
The winner of last week’s competition is John Allum of Munday & Cramer in Chelmsford, who identified Eero Saarinen’s TWA terminal building at John F Kennedy airport, New York.
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Long falls short
Boots raised an eyebrow at the latest issue of GQ Style, the glossy bible of fashionable homoerotica.
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There’s ethics... and ethics
It’s good to see ethical issues debated in the pages of BD, but there is a danger of over-simplification.
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Reckless Erick
What planet is Erick van Egeraat on? The one thing we learn from history is that we don’t, and while Daniel Libeskind’s protest is a small one, I applaud it.
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Town downer
As a life-long resident of Barking, I am all too aware that Margaret Hodge doesn’t get into town very much, unless of course there is a camera about for her to beam into.
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Poor on detail
Saul Metzstein (Opinion March 14) rather glides over the change of tenure in Keeling House as a key factor in how this building was “rescued”.
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Correction
An editing error crept into last week’s Debate: 20-40 tonnes of carbon dioxide, not carbon monoxide, are emitted when building a home.
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Conduct of code
Last week’s Debate made me consider what the point of the Code for Sustainable Homes is.
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Charity shopped
Most publications tend to shy away from the subject for fear of incurring the wrath of the Zionist movement/ lobby.
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Who's in charge?
Former Cabe chairman Stuart Lipton was representing the little known Major Developers Group at a top level DCLG seminar at Cabe HQ this week.