All Opinion articles – Page 290
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Competitions raise standards
From Berlin, I have followed the debate on competitions in BD with interest. Having established our office on the success of a single competition win in Germany in 1991, and with 90% of our subsequent commissions coming from competitions, I am mystified why they are treated with such suspicion in ...
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Design and build
Richard Simmons’ suggestion that the link between design and housing needs to be prioritised in the profession’s affairs is right.
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OpinionDo better buildings really change people’s behaviour?
The Spectator's Ross Clark argues living on a grim estate doesn't justify crime, but Southwark's Richard Thomas believes design really can make a difference
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OpinionTV factor taps into public aspirations
The apparent influence of the media actually reflects public awareness
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Architect for Arb
I was disappointed to read (News February 9) that the so-called Arb Reform Group would not be supporting architect and RIBA member Sarah Lupton in her bid to be elected as Arb chair.
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Pulling together
I would like to emphasise how worldwide the support is for the Architects Benevolent Society’s Big Auction on June 7 (News February 2).
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Responsible idea
We have just received a letter from Hackney planning authority pointing out that a scheme we designed has not been built or occupied in accordance with the planning approval. The letter states that unless we comply with the planning permission we will receive an enforcement notice.
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Ian Martin
The developers’ job is to hoodwink, not inspire, which makes them much more of a laugh than architects.
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OpinionGoolish interest
Being an amateur thespian, I always wanted to be involved in theatre design during that part of my career when I was actually designing. How I longed to correct the provision for dressing room space, which was so often relegated to a couple of dingy, airless cubby holes or the ...
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Fashion victims
OK, I’ve had enough! So most 1960s and 1970s public housing was a disaster, architects are largely to blame, and we must beat our breasts and plead guilty to the destruction of the city. Let us look at the facts.
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OpinionChance to regain the housing initiative
On a visit to Newcastle last year I was told that many people in the region aspire to buy a standard housebuilder’s box. The blander, the better. Why?
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Cabe’s stars point way to better design
What is the best way to raise design standards in UK housing which, as Cabe reports this week, are still worryingly low?
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Pick up the baton
Following the fiasco of the Wembley Stadium redevelopment, fears have been raised that the ambitious 2012 Olympics project, which will result in a significant regeneration of parts of London’s East End, may run over time and budget.
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OpinionWeather warning
Nicholas Stern has emphasised that “what happens to our climate in the next 20-30 years is already determined. Our actions in the next 20-30 years will affect the decades after that.”
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OpinionSuzi Towel
Hey, guess who’s agreed to run the three-legged race with Ricky Gervais? That’s right, muggins here! :-)
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Playing with fire
We carbon-based life forms do not share Trevor Butler’s enthusiasm for zero carbon, whichever way it is spun out.
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Copyright catch?
I refer to your item “Design the zero carbon home of the future” (News January 19). The competition outlined is a commendable initiative.