All Opinion articles – Page 256
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OpinionThis is the plan: every man for himself
When you get up close to it, the planning process is revealed as a chaotic, counter-productive sham
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OpinionEarnest & young
Thanks to the unusually named blog Bollocks To Architecture —www.b2architecture.blogspot.com — for drawing our attention to fancy dress for toddlers from The Toy Factory.
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OpinionGateway reaches crisis point
Cash, Farrell and positive noises are great, but they cannot hide the fact that the Thames Gateway is in meltdown
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OpinionStreet cred
I am pleased I am not the only person in Hackney who objects to the seriously misnamed Streetscene Improvements being spread like a layer of hazardous waste all over the borough.
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OpinionIs the Thames Gateway project a busted flush?
Architect Eelco Hooftman says yes, and that the project should be about restructuring a landscape in a dynamic floodplain. But Space Craft’s Cody Gaynor disagrees
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Battle goes on
The Pimlico battle continues, especially as demolition and the production of materials for newbuild both add to global warming.
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Word to the wise
Designing the Scottish Poetry Library and the Scottish Storytelling Centre seems to have had an adverse affect on Malcolm Fraser’s way with words — if comments on his recent piece in the Sunday Herald are anything to go by.
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Inner meaning
Sunand Prasad’s inaugural speech on Tuesday night kept coming back to a core question — what does RIBA stand for?
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Past imperfect
In some ways, I agree with Piers Gough. EH is certainly not perfect but love it or loathe it, we need such an institution.
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It's a gas
I am delighted that the work of my former tutors, Isi Metzstein and Andy MacMillan, is being celebrated at Glasgow’s Lighthouse (Culture November 9).
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Eyes on the prize
By focusing on the spat between EH and Piers Gough, we are in danger of overlooking the real issue in the debate over the redevelopment at Smithfield.
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Waste of energy
The promotion of energy assessment as a quasi-profession rather than as a function of a proper profession is both a government-sponsored job creation scheme and a logistical failure.
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Divide and rule
I’m not sure how Piers Gough has come to the conclusion that Cabe should deal with what is new, while English Heritage should only deal with what is old.
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OpinionRefurb deserves top design
Pimlico School’s demolition may be unstoppable, but there are serious questions over the quality of its replacement
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OpinionFloored by the council’s street works
We know the built environment is about more than buildings, but councils just don’t get it
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Chunnel vision
The adoring press that has greeted the new St Pancras might be about to turn.
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OpinionAre we in danger of turning into Fortress Britain?
Yes, says Alistair Donald, who claims the real danger is our society’s fearful outlook, but former RIBA president Jack Pringle believes architects can tackle the problem with good design
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OpinionA day trip to swinging post-war Britain
Ian Martin finds the multiverse in chaos after some ill-advised internet posting
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OpinionParty fits the bill
Bill Clinton, in London this week to drum up support for his wife Hillary’s nomination as the Democrats’ presidential candidate, has lost none of his charm according to Ruthie Rogers, who was persuaded to lay on a party for him at the Rogers’ gorgeous Royal Avenue home even though her ...