All Opinion articles – Page 317
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Rise above government's Part L botches
Here is Tony Blair speaking last month after a government report said there is only a small chance of greenhouse gas emissions being kept below dangerous levels: "It is now plain that the emission of greenhouse gases… is causing global warming at a rate that is unsustainable."
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Get ready for the robo-building
The power politics between designer and contractor could be about to change for ever.
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Give back planning powers to the state
A nice thing about having our wee Scottish parliament is that you occasionally get the feeling - or at least the illusion - that you are close to power.
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Usurping the RIBA
Until the majority of chartered architects realise the threat Arb poses, we will watch as our institute is increasingly usurped - its responsibilities for education, CPD and its influence on the climate in which we practice colonised, diminished and possibly removed.
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Register a protest
Will Hurst might think the issues highlighted by the Arb Reform Group are an "arcane debate" (News January 20) but then he isn't being targeted with increased fees to pay for more red tape and threats of legal action.
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No power strategy
Peter Rees is very much mistaken that I have asked government for the power to become the strategic planning authority for London (News January 13).
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Landing place
Has Oscar Niemeyer's Niteroi Art Gallery landed on Foster's Supreme Court of Singapore (News January 13)?
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Ian Martin
The site is a quiet, traditional Himalayan valley - the perfect spot for the Himalayan Hold 'Em Poker Temple
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Negotiating the politics of the games
The tensions that will define the Olympics project were laid bare on a platform at Canary Wharf this week.
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Relief education
We read with great interest the article on the relief effort in Pakistan (Focus January 20).
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Cover stories
Regardless of whether it is right or wrong for Arb to regulate provision of architects' professional indemnity cover (News January 13), the practice of publishing required levels of cover is naïve, if well-intentioned.
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Striking the right balance in the city
While my natural inclination would be to concur with Rem Koolhaas's view that the government's relentless concentration on its risk-averse Respect agenda might have the side-effect of creating soulless cities and townships, I nevertheless found myself in complete agreement with your "Not everything goes in the city" leader (Comment January ...
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Status anxiety
Ben Derbyshire considers the low status of our profession (News January 20) as the most important issue for the majority of architects.
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The work of art in the immersive age
In his seminal essay, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin reflects on two modes of architectural experience.
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In the swim
As co-chair of the Aquatic Centre architectural competition I am writing to bring some clarity to the confusing media speculation surrounding this key first project for the London 2012 Olympics. The winning design by Zaha Hadid architects has not exceeded the cost of £75 million. All competition schemes were scrutinised ...