All articles by Amanda Baillieu – Page 2
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OpinionMost clients would dispense with architects if they could
Architects have become the whipping boy for clients’ failure to produce great buildings, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionHonest House – the real reality property show
If programmes like Ugly House and Grand Designs had any basis in reality the results would be rather different, suggests Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhy Osborne was right to take back planning powers
We had our chance and were found wanting, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionArchitects have a long way to go to convince the public that Robin Hood Gardens is worth saving
Out-of-touch dinosaurs are not helping the cause, argues Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhy architects vote Labour
It helps ease guilt about the sort of housing being built, says Amanda Baillieu. But for older architects, Mrs Thatcher is a reason too
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OpinionArchitect-free architecture? I can see a few problems
Open source architecture has to be about more than giving away blueprints, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionLondon should look to Paris for inspiration
Mipim showed our booming capital still has much to learn, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionIs selling the industry to the public a good idea?
Amanda Baillieu says a new advertising campaign by the AIA might not be the right thing
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OpinionArchitecture is the loser if we censor history
Monographs contribute to the marginalisation of the profession, argues Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionBringing buildings back to life
Amanda Baillieu laments the decision to give a permanent home to a Manchester arts festival held in disused buildings
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OpinionRise of the machines
Technology is elbowing out human inefficiency in architecture, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhatever happened to planning in London?
On the fourth anniversary of the Localism Act, planning has never felt less local, argues Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionDesigning better workplaces
Well-designed offices get colleagues talking. Just ask the tech firms, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionGet your own house in order first, RIBA
RIBA needs to clean up its act on competitions before it tells others how to do it, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionPoint of departure
People once flocked to Folkestone. Amanda Baillieu wonders whether an empty, windswept site holds the key to turning the end-of-the-line town in Kent back into a destination.
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OpinionArles' towering folly
The ancient French town has no need for Frank Gehry’s flashy intervention, argues BD’s editor-at-large Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhat is the Green Belt for?
It’s time to start building houses on London’s protected cordon, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionThere are bigger issues for architects than Israel
RIBA is sidetracked by fighting the wrong battles, writes Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionThis year's British Pavilion rights past wrongs
Ministers might have learnt something if they’d turned up to Venice, writes Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionUniversity challenge
Universities might have billions to splash on new buildings but they need to set their ambitions a whole lot higher, writes Amanda Baillieu