All Opinion articles – Page 247
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Opinion
My kind of town
I would be interested to know, according to Simon Jenkins, where in the UK the planning system is run by architects and the construction industry as I would consider relocating to this area.
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OpinionSnap judgment
While BD is campaigning to save Robin Hood Gardens, Royal Academicians have turned their attention to Evans & Shalev’s Newport High School (pictured), which the local authority plans to demolish.
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OpinionHats on to Rem
So you’ve designed a string of internationally recognised masterpieces, and have a Pritzker Prize and an RIBA gold medal on your mantlepiece.
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Glasgow kiss-off
On Wednesday night last week, viewers across the land were treated to an hour-long Beeb documentary on Richard Rogers.
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OpinionListing can fail
I wish I could share your optimism over the effectiveness of listing to protect post-war buildings (News February 22).
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Threat to Ealing
The criticisms made by Simon Jenkins last week at the RTPI (News February 22) are illustrated perfectly by the proposals to redevelop a major part of Ealing’s town centre.
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Dropped on us
I hope Jonathan Glancey (February 22) does make the trip out to darkest Colchester to enable him to form his opinions in situ on the Lecture Theatre dustbin and Visual Arts Facility golden banana.
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Voice of Doon
Your story suggesting we would redesign our scheme at Doon Street to get planning consent (News February 15) is somewhat misleading.
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OpinionA demolition job on the truth
The landlord’s consultation with tenants at Robin Hood Gardens has been seriously flawed
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Battery housing
Can you have housing schemes with high densities which improve the viability of public transport?
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OpinionThe most architectural film ever made
The death of screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet prompts a revisit of Last Year at Marienbad
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OpinionArchitects love totalitarians
At last a top architect has taken an “ethical stance” about working in China and other countries where democracy and human rights are violated (News February 15).
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OpinionShould all housing design take account of old age?
Future-proofed houses will stop us being forced to move to care homes, says Roger Battersby; while Stewart Baseley argues that it will make new housing more expensive
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Dot to Dot answer: February 22
The winner of last week’s competition was James Rae of BBM Architects in East Sussex, who identified the Snowdon Aviary.
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OpinionModern buildings must prove their worth, says Hodge
Writing in the March issue of Grand Designs Magazine, culture minister Margaret Holdge expressed her opinion that modern buildings shouldn't be judged by the same criteria as historical structures when awarding listed status
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Scrub up nicely
Dobson’s Newcastle Central, Brunel’s Paddington, not to mention York, Darlington, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, London’s Waterloo, Liverpool Street & Victoria, Brighton, Bristol Temple Meads, Glasgow Queen Street, the threatened shed at London Bridge — I could go on — all capture the drama of arrival and power of the ...
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Lost in space
Word arrives that an advert has been posted on the DCMS website to recruit a suitable individual to carry out Cabe’s light-touch review.
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OpinionTo the rescue of Robin Hood
Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it
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Frozen music
Renzo Piano’s New York Times building is not only rat infested, it’s also freezing cold, according to online gossip site, Gawker.