All Opinion articles – Page 263
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OpinionAt last – the chance to really play God
The arrival of the architect-designed fake island marks a shift in our power over nature
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OpinionDoes Cabe know where it’s going?
Cabe’s workload has expanded exponentially as resources pour into public projects, but it is in danger of overreaching itself
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OpinionBuilding your social brand — and career
It was the online phenomenon of the year, Facebook had us all poking people we barely knew, sharing our holiday snaps with millions and competing to be top zombie.
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OpinionBlue-sky thinking
I am puzzled by the reported championing by the mayor of London of the troubled Shard skyscraper (News September 21).
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Back elevation
After 20 years of pounding up and down a perforated steel staircase in his gaudily stockinged feet, Richard Rogers has had enough.
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OpinionDo design review panels make any difference?
They have helped us fine-tune projects says Stephen Quinlan, while Alan Dunlop argues they are often ignored in the face of economic arguments
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Agenda bender
I am responding to your editorial (Tories seize the green agenda, September 14).
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OpinionSpecialisation is the key to survival in the internet age
The social, political, economic and intellectual environments within which architects operate are changing, and the practice of architecture must change with it.
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OpinionBarking up the right tree
At last we have an architecture minister who is prepared to talk about architecture, and in her own constituency, too.
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OpinionRussian revolt
I was one of those who took part in the march against the Gazprom tower design (News September 14).
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Party poopers
The launch party for the London Design Festival at the Royal Festival Hall was perhaps a bit more champagne-fuelled than its sponsor, Moet & Chandon, might have liked.
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Public outcry
Is your front page story “Public feels powerless over design” (News September 14) really so shocking?
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In with the old
The trend for using architects in style magazines has spread, Boots is pleased to see.
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Title needs
Your correspondent (Practice September 7) asks if protection of title rather than function makes sense. The plain answer is no, despite Richard Brindley’s half-hearted attempt to defend the status quo.
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OpinionMeasuring up
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown was one of the high-profile figures to take advantage of the RIBA’s Ask an Architect stand at the party’s conference this week.
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Hard lessons
If Dan Kantorowich (Letters September 7) is right and the schools of architecture no longer teach construction, our profession is far deeper in the proverbial than most of us would think. I always thought construction detailing was integral to the design process!
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OpinionGetting the lowdown on oligarchitecture
Unpleasant clients are great – they pay handsomely and on time, enthuses Ian Martin
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OpinionFoot in mouth
Fans of Glenn Howells may be in for a wait to see the Birmingham architect’s Stirling Prize-shortlisted Savill Building.