All Opinion articles – Page 277
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Area of conflict
While I applaud the government awarding grants to improve energy-inefficient homes (News April 27), it seems that giving grants to buyers of low-scoring properties would boost sales of these properties, albeit marginally, and so work against the principle of energy performance certificates, which aim to encourage buyers to purchase efficient ...
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OpinionDoes politics have a role to play in architecture?
Paul Hyett believes architects should make a stand but Robert Adam argues that taking politics into the profession is unwise
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African realities
In his review (May 18) of the RIBA South African architecture exhibitions, Tom Woolley raises some good points but he misses the target on architectural education in South Africa, particularly at the University of Cape Town, where I trained. His comments are typical of an outsider looking in.
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We must object to Israeli actions
Michael Peters’ invoking of the community of developers as a reason for not protesting against the further dismem-berment of Palestine (News May 25) is in the worst tradition of intimidation.
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Plagiarism: is it a crime or a compliment?
Should you be flattered or angry if another architect copies your work?
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Trend setter
The illustration to your note on Airey houses is actually of a Seco timber-framed temporary bungalow. Although designed for a 15-year life, many examples remain, well-loved by their inhabitants and consistently defended by them against demolition.
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Sitting pretty
One of the perks of being the architect of the new Wembley stadium is enjoying the finished result, Norman Foster revealed at the Architecture Foundation’s Real Architecture talk this week.
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Poverty track
Your leader correctly points out that the Practice Question (May 20) “offers some sound observations and useful suggestions,” but the poverty of most architects relative to doctors and solicitors is far from new.
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Pie in the sky
Your photograph of the infamous three 14-storey slab blocks in sixties Everton (“A century of housing” May 18) brought back many memories.
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OpinionSpaced out
Another housing report, the Williams Report (BD May 18), comes from more very worthy practitioners hoping that good design will triumph in the mass housing market to put the sea of mediocrity firmly into the past.
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Ominous slip
The lavish press launch of Zaha Hadid’s Opus building almost took a disastrous turn at the Lanesborough Hotel on Tuesday.
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OpinionWe must prepare for a post-green world
Architecture should take a tip from the fashion industry and push the next big thing before eco-fatigue sets in, says Ian Martin
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OpinionMaking a point
Chetwood Associates’ tree-like installation, Urban Oasis, seems to have taken on a life of its own.
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Valuable legacy
Your front page last week was the clearest reminder of the importance of Colin St John Wilson’s written and built legacy of a caring and reasoned architecture in a profession increasingly complicit in its own emasculation as a serious and humanising cultural force.
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OpinionThe route to quality housing
I read with interest your articles on the Williams Report (May 18). It is a shame that the views of council officers were not obtained, particularly design officers, because they are very much part of the process. It is a challenge to raise the bar of the housing industry and ...
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Winding down
Star speaker Will Alsop was in a playful mood at Friday’s All Planned Out conference at the Building Centre.
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OpinionCzech mate
The campaign against Future Systems’ proposed Prague Library got personal last week after a Czech magazine quoted Jan Kaplicky’s helpful remark that he was not homosexual, Jewish, English or rich, but just a Slav from undeveloped Eastern Europe.
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OpinionThree cheers for nostalgic starchitects
A local vernacular is ousting the Gulf trend for mega- design, and very welcome it is too
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OpinionAre the changes to planning rules good for architects?
Hugo Tugman says they will give the profession more control over domestic projects, while Luke Tozer argues they will be more restrictive
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OpinionKitchens inflame passions too
This week’s white paper on planning is well- intentioned but has not been fully thought through