All Opinion articles – Page 342
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African food for thought lacks bite
Summertime in Cape Town is like one of those celebrity-spotting slots on Channel 5, and the recent calendar highlight for the industry A-list was the Design Indaba.
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Now we need to build on 50/50 success
We got there. International Women’s Day on Tuesday saw BPTW Partnership from London become the 250th practice to sign up to our 50/50 Charter for more women in architecture.
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Wrong turning
With regards to your article on our soon-to-be-opened building for BMW (News February 25), I feel the article is misleading with regards to the building’s extraordinary nature and its unique concept of combining several functions in one connective space.
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Ultimate sacrifice
It is not the 50/50 Charter that’s half of Britain’s challenge, it’s the red tape hemmed in with the old-school mindset.
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Wasted resources
I welcome your powerful focus on the barriers being put in the way of foreign talent.
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OpinionLarry Malcic
Larry Malcic of HOK last year enlisted legendary architect Peter Cook to work 80 days a year at the practice and contribute to the design of a number of projects.
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Ian Martin
‘Every time I try bridge-building with architects, it wobbles. A pity, as we’ve a lot in common. They’re quite moany, aren’t they?’
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Gold standards
In his Gold Medal address (News February 18), Frei Otto criticised the interest of investors in making symbols and money rather than “a place for humans to live in”. A view perfectly illustrated by your adjacent report on Leeds’s new iconic, wow-factored, “starchitect”-designed tower.John Regan, Leeds
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Full metal jacket
I go past Amin Taha’s building on Clerkenwell Road every day (News Analysis February 18).
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Doing our duty
Further to your articles on the position of citizens from outside the EU seeking registration in the UK. Even if the Home Office is seeking to stop such persons remaining in the UK, Arb is not.
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Towards a common goal
BD last month suggested that planners could be the solution, rather than the problem. At last it is talking about planning as a process again, writes Steve Bee.
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OpinionConcrete boots
In the line of fireRegeneration minister Jeff Rooker has never minced his words, but at Monday’s Office of the Deputy Prime Minister select committee hearing, he was more than usually honest. “The red tape for the first phase [of Pathfinders] was astronomical beyond belief,” he lamented. “Whose fault was that?” ...
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Beyond the circus of the media darlings
Once upon a time, buildings were designed to serve specific purposes. They were judged on how well, and, at best, how beautifully, they served them.
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Barring foreigners will damage UK
I read with dismay the news that the Home Office is now barring foreign architects and trainees from pursuing a career in Britain (News February 25).
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Architects have a moral responsibility
Everybody needs a roof over their heads. It is one of the great levellers that makes architecture such a diverse occupation.
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OpinionAn architects life for me
Phil who cuts my hair — he tries his best — began his professional life at architecture school with me — mainly behind the bar, writes George Ferguson, RIBA president.
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Shooting target
Understandably, residents and landlords on the Aylesbury and Packington estates see demolition and redevelopment as an attractive quick fix.
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Wonky wheels on PFIs trolley
An alien arriving in southern England this month would probably be pretty impressed with the architecture produced by the private finance initiative.