All Opinion articles – Page 286
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Victoria is the next battle
London’s skyline is hot property. In open defiance of local planning policy Land Securities and KPF have proposed two mega-towers at Victoria.
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OpinionAre architecture exhibitions a waste of space?
As the Tate reveals plans to hold major architecture exhibitions every two years, Rob Wilson and Victoria Thornton disagree about whether such shows can ever live up to their promise
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OpinionAmbition is key to Olympics
The ODA needs to deliver on its design rhetoric if the Olympics are to match our confident structures of the past
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OpinionMipim blog: The decadent dangers of Mipim
What's the abiding impression one had from Mipim 2007? Decadence. Something akin to the last days before the Fall of the Roman Empire. And this was not just manifested in the usual gargantuan consumption of booze. The amount of cash that was sloshing around Cannes, be it in the lavish ...
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OpinionMipim blog: Movie madness
Our hero in Cannes Sean Griffiths survives a brush with Goldfinger, a musical developer and fire on the tracks
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OpinionLawyers: blood-sucking devils...
Construction lawyers make it their business to prevaricate, obfuscate and complicate, argues Nick Johnson
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Opinion...or guardian angels?
In a retort to Nick Johnson's latest blog entry, construction lawyer Tony Blackler argues his profession's first priority is to serve the client not rake in the cash
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Off the wall
Ellis Woodman’s excellent coverage of Buschow Henley’s St John’s Therapy Centre (Works February 16) was accompanied by a meticulous axonometric which showed the make-up of the external walling.
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OpinionWeird lessons at Mipim’s school of life
Mipim has great schmoozing, the chance to get out, oh, and it’s a very strange world out there
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An icon too far
Apropos the proposed massive and bulky Viñoly tower, I was surprised that the BD editor would be shocked if English Heritage won this enquiry (February 23).
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Opinion
Dreaming towers
Your front page (March 9) states “Heritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers”, and is accompanied by a leafy seemingly pleasant Square.
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Would a halt to new building help tackle climate change?
Phil Clark speaks out for a moratorium, while Neven Sidor condemns such a blunt instrument
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Back to the future
We know contemporary architecture in the current climate has to go way OTT to gain critical notice, but surely the placed entries for the Czech library competition (News March 9) have got to be taking the piss.
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OpinionCan the RIBA replace Arb?
The Tory party says it would abolish Arb if elected. While abolition would be welcomed by many in the profession, what is the best way to replace Arb’s functions?
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Arb is highly cost-effective
Following your publication last week of letters from a number of your readers (all regular critics of Arb) which followed your piece on “Arb’s legal battle” I feel I should offer some comment.
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OpinionWho to ask about open source design
Efforts to improve Africa’s housing stock could learn a lot from those on the ground
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OpinionMipim blog: Foster and the rise of Russia
Super-rich Russians have dominated this year's property fair