All Opinion articles – Page 248
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Meet the Fokkers
Like Terry Farrell, I too have a Fokker DR1 model hanging over my desk in the office (Culture February 15).
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Flaws in strategy
The whole New Street project is fundamentally flawed because it only addresses passenger congestion at the station.
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OpinionFit only for malls
Jonathan Glancey’s comments on the glut of recent figurative monuments (February 15) are timely. London, in particular, is being littered with third-rate “public art”.
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Universal ethics
Now that the debate on ethics has opened up (News February 15), we wish to commend those architects whose courageous stand on such an issue has been expressed in your paper.
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Escape pan
Fresh news has surfaced about Sandy Wilson’s masterplan for the Royal Academy, on which he was working before he died, and which has never seen the light of day.
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Pops at China
Daniel Libeskind’s call for architects to take an “ethical stance” places him firmly with the oh-so-ethical Hollywood set, where having a pop at China seems to have become highly fashionable.
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OpinionYou can’t simply wave a wand
It is clear Network Rail bosses know nothing about the procurement of architecture (Stars compete to bring ‘magic’ to New Street station, News February 15), while the RIBA should be ashamed of itself for supporting this competition.
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Built to last
Congratulation to English Heritage’s chief executive Simon Thurley, who wed Anna Keay, formerly a curator at Historic Royal Palaces, in the crypt of his Norfolk home at the weekend.
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OpinionA bit more money can give real value
Splashing the cash doesn’t guarantee a good design, but wisely spent, it can really pay off
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OpinionBird brained
Boots was delighted to hear Sunand Prasad live on Radio 4’s Today programme alongside Will Alsop, discussing their designs for bird boxes, and we naturally turned straight to the BBC website to inspect the images.
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Dot to Dot: Answer 15 February
The winner of last week’s competition was Louis Hellman, who identified the Bauhaus building in Dessau by Walter Gropius.
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OpinionIs architecture one of the creative industries?
With the government set to unveil details of its creative economies programme on Friday, Ed Vaizey and William Kenealy debate whether architecture should be included
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Heralding the return of the new town
Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore wonders what Gordon Brown’s eco-towns can learn from the post-war new towns
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Squaring up
It is a pity that Richard Rogers found it necessary to intervene (News February 8) in the selection of the team to carry out the preliminary ideas for the part-pedestrianisation of Parliament Square.
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Pound stretcher
So the expenses of Arb board members have reached £94,000 a year (News February 8) — so what?
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Slip of paper
Drawings by the late Sandy Wilson, on show at Pallant House in Chichester, provide an interesting footnote to one of the more entertaining architectural rows of recent times.
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OpinionStations’ magic ingredient
Making New Street exciting is an aim all our stations should aspire to, but Network Rail will need to hold its nerve
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Grateful Ted
At his Gold Medal dinner at the RIBA this week, Ted Cullinan said he was delighted to receive the award at such a young age.
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Disengaged
With reference to Rick Mather’s quote (News February 8), the next time I admire the view from my window or take the dogs for a walk, I must remind myself that what I’m really doing is “engaging with the landscape”.
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OpinionEthics covers more than Israel
You publish two revealing letters (February 8) on the subject of ethics.