All Opinion articles – Page 297
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Fit for purpose?
The new cancer centre by Zaha Hadid certainly seems a most imaginative piece of sculpture, but I wonder whether, as a building for restorative care, it will it be up to the job?
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Stress factors
Am I alone in wondering if the sycophantic admiration for Zaha’s new creation is missing some vital points?
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Going up not down
There is no truth in the implied quote — MacCormac: practice “in freefall” (News October 20).
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Don’t be invisible — shout louder
Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to Venice as part of the RIBA annual conference, looking at architecture’s broader impact on both the environment and society.
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North south divide
I much appreciate the way BD tries to promote the interests of women in architecture.
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OpinionCancer is challenge enough, Zaha
Like, I am sure, all too many of BD’s readers I have had several family members and friends who have faced life-threatening cancer. In dealing with this disease members of my family have benefited enormously from the level of care, compassion, useful information and good cheer offered at Richard Murphy’s ...
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Not black or white
Regarding your report on diversity in the profession (News October 27), to me, the true position lies across both points of view, that of Richard Rogers and Sunand Prasad.
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Emissions trading: can architects rise to the challenge?
Yes. They can manage about two hours with a toilet break
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Jowell ducks 2012 design responsibility
From Nervi’s stadium for the Rome games to Isosaki’s for Barcelona, it’s hard to think of an Olympics where the architecture has not been commissioned by the host nation as a work of civic stature with international status.
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Street life
I welcome BD’s interest in London’s bus infrastructure and its recognition of the role Transport for London plays in the city’s design heritage (News September 29).
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Poor image
I don’t know how I might feel, had I the misfortune to be the author of either of the two projects featured on the front page of BD (October 20).
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Mistaken identity
It was nice to see a photo of Leonard Mannaseh’s kindly face in BD (October 20), even if the caption did say it was of Jim Cadbury Brown.
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Ian Martin
My friend Tub Haagendas calls, and we put our heads together to design a second planet
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Down the tube
While welcoming Tim O’Toole’s pledge to return London Underground to the glory days of Frank Pick (News October 6) with stations as distinctive as churches, he seems only to be interested in the new if my local tube station, Arsenal, is anything to go by.
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OpinionBreak free of World Heritage tyranny
If a two-level planning system wasn’t hard enough, we now a have third level — and it’s global.
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