All articles by Amanda Baillieu – Page 6
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Opinion
Will Mossbourne 2 have what it takes to be top of the class?
Everyone agrees school building costs must come down but inner city schools on difficult sites risk losing out
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Blogs
Upcycling the profession
Architecture needs the youthful optimism shown in the #Flitched competition
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Opinion
The cost of good design is the meat of the argument
A failure of food standards attracts a swift response from government, but the quality of housing is left to the market
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Opinion
There’s no need for the RIBA to be so defensive
The RIBA’s over-reaction to Arb’s much improved website reveals its fear of losing members
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Opinion
Electric shock for eco-homes
A housing estate in Bradford was one of the greenest in the country when it was built. What went wrong?
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Opinion
Red tape is not holding up growth… and Gove knows it
The education secretary should not blame the planning system for the stalling of his own big idea
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Blogs
Let them drink bottled water
Drinking fountains have played an important part in London’s history for over 150 years, so why won’t the Royal Parks do more to look after them?
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Opinion
Loosening the planning rules is nothing to drink to
Architects should pause before celebrating the move to relax use classes, and look at the fate of the British pub
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Features
If a pub isn't a community asset what is ?
The Planning Inspectorate has saved a Chelsea pub from redevelopment, but for all the wrong reasons.
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Tablet only
Iraq parliament winner risks losing out to rival Zaha Hadid
Assemblage design picked by RIBA jury but Hadid still in talks with project committee
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News
Iraq parliament winner risks losing out to rival Zaha Hadid
Assemblage design picked by RIBA jury but Hadid still in talks with project committee
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Opinion
A democratic Iraq must start with its parliament
Zaha Hadid may be the obvious candidate for Baghdad’s most important building, but she must win it on merit
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Opinion
How to survive the jungle
Architects can no longer rest on their design laurels. To be a player in a global market means knowing as much about world leadership as parametric curves.
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Analysis
Will architects give Doha the red card?
World Cup success threatened by country’s arcane payment culture
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Blogs
How to get ahead of the curve
It’s the time of year for predictions. But what else has been going on in the Christmas break?
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Opinion
Only a united front can stop architects being swept aside
Nothing in 2012 has helped architects regain their confidence, so they must do it for themselves
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Opinion
Preston Bus Station fails the celebrity glamour test
The demolition sentence on BDP’s building shows how the listings system has lost its way
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Opinion
Cabe can blame no one else for its imminent demise
The organisation’s recent actions demonstrate how it has lost sight of its values