All Opinion articles – Page 265
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OpinionClass of ‘84: the way we were
How nice to see your picture of the group of us on the fire escape stair at Riverside Studios back in 1984 (Archive August 31).
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OpinionPlaque priced out
Mystery admirers of the late Cedric Price recently put up this official-looking plaque on the hoarding outside his old office in Alfred Place, just opposite London’s Building Centre.
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Size matters
Was Mike Macrae (Letters August 24) having a morning moment where he used too much toothpaste, or was he just frothing at the mouth when he made his comments on Robert Adam’s views on the Holborne Museum in Bath (Letters August 10)?
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The hole truth
Boots was excited to receive news of a new public art project in Manchester this week based on the concept of the peephole.
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Summer school could fill gaps
It is now universally accepted that the schools of architecture no longer teach construction and building technology in the way they did, say, 20 years ago.
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Dinner dilemma
Congratulations to Amanda Levete and Ben Evans, who are to tie the knot next month.
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Crying timber
In 2002 I carried out a review of timber’s sustainability as a construction material and found it far from “green”. The increase in global consumption leads to destructive deforestations in the rainforest, which are responsible for greenhouse emissions.
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Customer care
Though I disagree with Peter Kellow’s arguments against setting up an expert panel to advise the RIBA president when occasionally giving a view on a project (Letters August 31), I understand them.
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OpinionSay no to clone-town Britain
The sad tale of Camden’s market offers pause for thought on why we can’t let good things be
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OpinionSave us from a fate worse than Bono
Being honest about the cost of carbon can help the planet and keep the rock stars at bay
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OpinionWill redevelopment destroy Camden’s boho heritage?
Camden Market risks being turned into an anyonymous high street, says Ron Arad; while Nic Sampson counters that his practice’s scheme will enhance the market’s unique character
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OpinionCalled to the bar
The presidential handover party on Tuesday was packed with former presidents including Frank Duffy, David Rock, Paul Hyett and George Ferguson, who were all there to witness the handing over of the red ribbon to Sunand Prasad.
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OpinionNobody knows anything
Zero-champion Phil Clark is alarmed by how unclear we all are about carbon emissions and how to reduce them
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OpinionYour comments
Saving Farnsworth, design quality Down Under and the future for tall timber buildings: the latest comments posted on bdonline
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OpinionReason to mock
Is it Boots’ imagination or are British firms’ designs for schemes overseas getting more and more surreal?
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OpinionSample the planning menu
While the RIBA may manage to pull off a design review panel and make it work (News August 24), I would venture to predict that it will not have a long life.
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Knock it off
It’s not that almost all the 47 practices shortlisted for the Olympic village are from London that we object to (News Analysis August 24).