All Opinion articles – Page 284
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OpinionHow to solve a problem like RIBA
Members want the RIBA to be more proactive, but that depends on how engaged architects are with their own institute
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Pomp and honour
Fresh from Richard Rogers’ Pritzker triumph, the building that launched his career — the Pompidou Centre — is to run a retrospective in honour of its creator.
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Hand on the tiller
Sailor hats off to RIBA president Jack Pringle, skipper of the racing yacht Mankie, for his nimble navigation of last week’s RIBA Council.
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OpinionWe were first...
Great article (Solutions March 23) about the work that Andy Ford and Mark Hewitt have been doing with interseasonal heat transfer.
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...this is different
The Archaeolink building (which I know well, and admire) developed by Edward Cullinan Architects and Andy Ford at Fulcrum is a version of the Rocky Mountain Research Centre passive annual heat transfer technology, which is referred to in your article.
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How he cracked it
A French architect believes he has cracked a four-millennia-old mystery — how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza without iron tools, pulleys or wheels.
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Put context first
Hooray for Ike Ijeh (Letters March 23) who hits the nail on the head with what should have been obvious all along — that the true starting point for any development plan or policy in London (or for that matter anywhere) is the character of the place.
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OpinionShould the new CDM regulations be delayed?
With Cameron backing a move to block the new CDM regs, James Preston-Hood says the current proposals don't work, while Sam Webb says the changes are fair and life-saving
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Capital idea
While the AF may face an unglorious hole in its finances, Tate Modern has shown again that there’s plenty of money if you know the right people.
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Boot out Arb
Perhaps the time is now right for the profession to seize back the initiative, boot out Arb and put professional indemnity insurance back on top of the agenda, reorganised in an equitable way.
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OpinionNot another Babe Ruth-style disaster
Boston faces a loss comparable to the sale by the Red Sox of its iconic player. It must be stopped
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All of us need a green strand
You report that the Building Research Establishment thinks architectural education is lacking in the area of sustainable design (News March 23).
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OpinionNot just pretty pictures, please
Architects need to make sure their websites do justice to their work, argues BD's sustainablity blogger
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OpinionOn the waterfront
The film On the Waterfront concerns the role of waterside culture in defining cultural relations in port cities.
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OpinionRighteous writes
Adding to the debate “Do local campaigners have too much power?” (March 16), I want to cite a current example.
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OpinionLosing the ‘vision thing’
Cabe is right to ask why the BBC compromised on its commitment to design in its redevelopment of Broadcasting House
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Local triumph
Your readers may like to know that, since I last wrote (March 23), our council has rejected the application to which I referred.
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No leg to stand on
What a shame that Alison Carr is defending Arb’s mistakes of the past instead of proactively correcting its actions for the future (Letters March 23).