All Archive Titles articles – Page 47
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In my opinion
‘Civis Romanus sum.' With these words a Roman citizen put his adversaries in distant lands on notice that, if he was harmed, the might of the Roman Empire would come crashing down on the perpetrators and their people.
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Archive TitlesWho is newbetter?
As the name suggests, art and architecture collaborative Newbetter is looking at professional life through rose-tinted spectacles.
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Archive TitlesNeon rainbows
Artist Dan Flavin was working as a guide in the American Museum of Natural History in New York in 1961 when he started making sketches of sculptures incorporating light fittings.
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Archive TitlesNegotiating the Planning Maze
If you are confused about the difference between a sustainability appraisal and a strategic environmental assessment, or why development plans are now local not unitary, you need to curl up with the latest good practice guide, Negotiating the Planning Maze.
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Mitchell madness
Poor Trevor Brown (‘Trashing Bill', Letters RIBAJ Jan 06). Does his county of abode give us a hint of intolerance (perhaps mashed with creationism)?
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It's no surprise
It's no surprise that the biggest concern facing architects is the planning system. Recent reforms, intended to make it faster, fairer and more efficient, are only making the situation worse, according to a straw poll of RIBA members around the country.
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Archive TitlesHit the road
Forget Learning from Las Vegas. Art and architecture collective the Ant Farm designed real roadside architecture - burying upended Cadillacs on a ranch in Amarillo, Texas.
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Getting the message
In the beginning was the word - but product placement strategies came a close second and ever since they've been teaming up to produce the world's most influential brands.
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Archive TitlesWhere and how do we find ourselves?
Asks Michael Morgan, professor of psychophysics at City University.
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Archive TitlesIch liebe dich
The German love affair with British architects which has been so pronounced in recent years is not a new phenomenon.
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Archive TitlesContrôlé
As a student in Paris in the late 1970s, I remember queuing along the Avenue Montaigne for tickets outside the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
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Archive TitlesCambridge crop
Contacting everyone who has passed through Cambridge University's architecture school turned up ‘vicars in Surrey and filmmakers in Manhattan' says Tom Holbrook of 5th Studio, curator of the Compendium exhibition at the RIBA.
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Archive TitlesBrief encounter
Donald Insall celebrates his 80th birthday this month after 50 years of pioneering work in conservation.
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Archive TitlesTechno bites
In the first in an occasional series, RIBAJ invites an architectural practice to sample a veritable feast of the latest technical books. David Morley Architects is the first to tuck in.
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Archive TitlesLetter from Berlin
UK visitors to Berlin will note the subtle, yet evident quality of the city's urban infill architecture.
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Arb's PI policy has pitfalls
In response to last month's ruling that Arb has the power to demand proof of adequate professional indemnity insurance (PII), and the subsequent coverage in the media, it strikes me that an important point has been overlooked.
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Licking the Arb into shape
Proposals for regulatory reform of the Architects Act are supported by about 75% of the profession according to the RIBA, which is now studying responses to its consultation paper.
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Archive TitlesThe young worthies
Commercial architecture needs new talent and new ideas. The Next Generation Award is there to help find them
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Archive TitlesScene stealer
Performances aren’t confined to the stage, or the actors, in Keith Williams Architects’ new home for a children’s theatre in London.
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Views of Rome
In the 1440s Leon Battista Alberti famously surveyed the city of Rome from a nearby tower. Today, we can zoom in on much the same aspect from our virtual vantage points.