All politics articles – Page 3

  • What crisis?
    Blogs

    Are we really heading for a housing crisis?

    2012-01-10T08:56:00Z

    John McRae examines the statistics for home numbers in the UK

  • 10 things I learned in architecture school
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    10 things I learned in architecture school

    2011-12-28T09:00:00Z

    From clarity of thinking to dress code, here are a few vital tips I picked up as a student

  • Conforming to the cliché
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    Miami – Paradise and Paradox

    2011-12-27T09:00:00Z

    Miami is a tale of two cities; Miami Beach: infamous playground of the rich; and its bitter, underdeveloped and forgotten creator; Greater Miami.

  • Edible Park at The Hague
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    The organic nature of ideas

    2011-11-30T10:12:00Z

    Final year architecture student Sam Brown reveals how tentative beginnings can lead to using architecture to solve some of humankind’s most fundamental dilemmas

  • ?
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    What it's actually about

    2011-11-29T10:26:00Z

    What are we actually about and what we do really care about

  • The Almeida Theatre production of The Master Builder by Henrik Ibsen
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    BIM and the master builder

    2011-11-21T16:14:00Z

    Will this tool put the architect back in control of the design and construction process?

  • Peter Bishop sm ready
    Blogs

    The Bishop Review

    2011-11-18T08:38:00Z

    Setting out the case for a coordinated national system of design review

  • Part of Foster + Partners proposed masterplan for the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong
    Blogs

    The wild West Kowloon

    2011-11-15T16:36:00Z

    Foster’s ambitious Hong Kong masterplan will stand or fall on strong civic leadership to ensure timely delivery and links to the rest of the city

  • The plan
    Blogs

    My three-point plan (section and elevation) for recovery

    2011-11-01T11:38:00Z

    Stung by recent government criticism that architects are “creaming it” and “out of touch” it occurred to me the profession needs a plan (section and elevation) to stimulate economic recovery.

  • No longer fulfilling essential functions
    Blogs

    No longer fulfilling essential functions

    2011-10-26T10:00:00Z

    With change afoot in our practice, it’s an interesting opportunity to compare notes on how our industry is faring

  • Drake Circus- Carbuncle cup 2006 winner
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    Learning from Drake Circus

    2011-09-01T16:13:00Z

    As BD’s Carbuncle Cup is awarded this week for the worst piece of architecture in Britain, I look back at the original ‘winner’ from 2006.

  • Back. And Forth.
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    Back. And Forth.

    2011-08-31T16:27:00Z

    Growing unrest in Israel’s Sinai border region had me reaching for the telephone and asking for an earlier flight

  • Brooms aloft for the riot clean up in Clapham
    Blogs

    Riot Rebuild

    2011-08-22T15:29:00Z

    As the dust settles, our outrage is giving way to pragmatism, and we must begin to address the whys and hows

  • Taking back the town
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    Taking back the town

    2011-08-09T13:04:00Z

    Cleaning up after the previous night’s riots

  • herding cats
    Blogs

    Herding Cats – News from the Middle East

    2011-08-08T10:23:00Z

    Brought to you from the Educational Bookshop on Salah-Al-Din Street in the east of Jerusalem

  • end of the line
    Blogs

    Going Fast

    2011-07-18T16:08:00Z

    Have we come to the end of the line for a world first?

  • Message in a bottle
    Blogs

    A message in a bottle

    2011-06-24T14:35:00Z

    Engineers like beer. They like designing things. Anything that combines the two in a single, professionally and legally allowable circumstance has got to be good.

  • Are Engineering Institutions failing to make a stir?
    Blogs

    Institutions failing to make a stir?

    2011-05-13T12:09:00Z

    Are Engineering Institutions shying away from advocacy, lobbying and social policy?

  • Blogs

    Should the donor get final say?

    2010-04-12T11:13:00Z

    The University of South Carolina certainly seems to think so. It's sparked controversy by apparently allowing the biggest donor for its new business school building to choose its architect - with Rafael Viñoly winning the commission."In a move that's been called unprecedented, USC canceled all bids to hire an architect ...