All Opinion articles – Page 253
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High minded
Aedas Architects’ top brains have been researching the heights and densities of new planning permissions in London but the conclusions are less than thrilling.
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Moral guardian
Architects, it seems, are at the back of the queue in saving us from global warming — at least in the Guardian’s eyes.
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OpinionFoxy feller
Readers with anything less than a steel-plated constitution are advised to avoid exposure to www.flickr.com/photos/malinfox which carries 162 photographs documenting the adventures of a toy fox as he is ferried around the world by his “handlers” — two middle-aged American gents who, Boots ventures, are not unfamiliar with the joys ...
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OpinionTate extension needs a rethink
The Tate Modern extension, which received a £50 million government grant last month (News December 7, 2007) appears to completely overpower and destroy the architecture of the existing building.
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A different plan
Jeff Sowerby (Letters December 14, 2007) has a similar problem to that which exists in East Yorkshire, where the planning tail is beginning to wag the architecture dog.
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Correction
Gremlins got into the letter from Zaha Hadid (Letters, December 14) and unfortunately turned the Architecture Foundation into the Architects Foundation. Apologies.
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OpinionCrystal clear
Does Norman Foster’s Crystal Island scheme in Moscow, already nicknamed “the teepee”, have its roots in Soviet era architecture, Boots wonders?
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OpinionCentres without a cause
Cabe may be funding regional architecture centres, but does anyone know what they’re really for?
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OpinionIs Liverpool worth visiting for its modern architecture?
The city is being daring again, says Paul Monaghan; no its new buildings are derivative and corporate, argues Tristram Hunt
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Arb inconsistent
I was interested to note Boots’ references to infighting at Arb (November 30), and its concerns about being cast as “dysfunctional”.
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Wilkinson’s word
I am surprised that Adam Wilkinson (Letters December 7) cannot understand why I feel that the existing buildings at Smithfield Market are “deeply undistinguished”.
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Winter warmer
“Foster & Partners is opening doors for homeless people this Christmas” reads an intriguing headline recently posted on the practice’s website.
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Off the wall
Mad professors take note: the government needs you to help make historic and architecturally significant buildings more energy-efficient.
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OpinionMore on terror
The prime minister has asked architects to help “design out” terrorist opportunities, and adding a specialist anti-terror module to architectural training has also been suggested.
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The Producers
Israel’s Moshe Safdie was quick to defend his country earlier this year when British architects including Terry Farrell, Jack Pringle and Rick Mather criticised some of his compatriots for designing settlements that oppressed Palestinians.
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Pipped to post
Boots hears that David Morley is feeling hard done by after being scooped by Make for the London 2012 handball arena.
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OpinionLe rouge et le noir
As bizarre double acts go, last week’s Studio Egret West’s third anniversary party will take some beating.
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OpinionZaha: We dont need a partner
The competition for the Architects Foundation HQ (News December 7) was awarded to Zaha Hadid Architects in December 2004 on the basis of a simple brief for a naturally ventilated exhibitions building.
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Space disgrace
May I endorse Paul Morrell’s call for minimum space standards (Opinion December 7)?