All Opinion articles – Page 258
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Wood and trees
It would be a mistake by Justin Bere to write off the UK timber window manufacturing industry solely on the strength of an experience related to one highly specialised project (Solutions October 12).
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Space realities
News that English Partnerships is to introduce minimum space standards for its housing (News November 2) is welcome; all the more so if they are also adopted by the mega-quango that will result from its expected merger with the Housing Corporation.
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Oscar's podcast
Although I am unconnected with the architectural profession, I look regularly at the podcast page on your website.
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The long view
Oh dear! So Yvette Cooper has pledged a range of styles for eco-towns (News November 1).
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OpinionDid I see you on the movies last night?
Why do films about architects so rarely make their celluloid representations ring true to life?
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Idol pitch
Last week’s Gillespie, Kidd & Coia exhibition opening was a frenzied affair, with more than 500 GKC enthusiasts seeking a free drink descending on The Lighthouse.
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Sun and games
Fears of another lacklustre performance from English Heritage were raised on the first day of the inquiry into KPF Architects’ plans for Smithfield Market, after the heritage watchdog’s QC began a bizarre cross examination of KPF principal Lee Polisano.
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Grace and favour
Meanwhile, London design director Peter Bishop was doing his best to throw off suggestions of Dutch favouritism, recently aired in BD.
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OpinionFull exposure
The image Riverbank revelation (News November 2) shows a wonderfully seductive rendering of glass building.
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Corrections
Last week BD inadvertently omitted Burd Haward Architects from the shortlist for the first phase of Rochester Riverside.
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OpinionLe Corbusier’s secret napkin formula
This week, Ian Martin and his mate Beansy channel-hop into several universes all containing Le Corbusier — but which is the right one?
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OpinionDfL says: ‘Come in and see us’
Let me set the record straight about Design for London’s approach to procuring architects (News November 2).
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OpinionShould citizens’ juries judge eco-town designs?
Architecture alone cannot create nice places that will thrive, says Wayne Hemingway; but Neave Brown believes successful eco-towns won't result from popular consensus.
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OpinionNoble cause
Have the good people of Bath found yet another reason to stall Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum extension?
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Panel beating
The Changing Face of London conference itself did throw up some intriguing snippets, not least that Stratford City is to get an extremely well designed new Marks & Spencer by ex-Future Systems architect Angus Pond.
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OpinionStadium disappoints all round
Far from being innovative and ground-breaking as claimed, the Olympic stadium is unsustainable and bad value for money
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OpinionPimple watch
David Eccles (Letters October 19) suggests you maintain a pimple watch, looking out for buildings before they grow into a carbuncle.
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Oscar’s winner
RIBA conference star, the nearly 100-year-old Oscar Niemeyer (below), has decided it’s time to reveal details of his hugely successful career.
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Maggie may...
Does Boots hear more wedding bells now that OMA partner Ole Scheeren and Chinese actress and martial arts bunny Maggie Cheung have been declared an item?