All Boots articles – Page 25
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Opinion
Sainsbury offers
The Monument Trust is about to receive a very large injection of cash after this week’s sale of art and furniture belonging to its founder, Simon Sainsbury.
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OpinionNorthern rocks
Sheffield School of Architecture’s centenary celebrations in July will have a distinctly South Yorkshire flavour.
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London falling
London is the runaway loser in an “urban liveability” survey compiled by business and style magazine Monocle, which ranks cities by housing quality, urban scale, crime, education and healthcare, alongside necessities like obtaining “a good cocktail in the wee hours”.
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Heavy Breathing
Boots was not entirely surprised that it has taken the BBC almost three years to make public damning letters between its bosses and Richard MacCormac, the then architect of phase two of Broadcasting House.
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Public unions
Adventurous architectural types looking for an unusual wedding venue need look no further than The Public, the controversial £55 million gallery in the West Midlands which finally opens it door next week.
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OpinionPie in the sky
Boots was intrigued to see a “well presented, split-level maisonette” for sale within the Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar — a snip at £239,950.
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Badly briefed
In his Zaha Hadid profile in the the Economist’s quarterly style magazine, Jonathan Meades describes the architectural press as “little more than a deferential PR machine” for Zaha and her like. Ouch!
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Words worth
Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons has sprung to the defence of John Prescott, whose lack of verbal dexterity has been highlighted, along with his fondness for M&S trifles, as one of his many failings in government.
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OpinionOn thin ice
The Architecture Foundation is to leave trendy Clerkenwell for the more establishment surroundings of Somerset House, whose courtyard boasts a popular open-air ice rink in winter and fountains in summer.
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OpinionDesign wobble
Update from Boots’ Jelly Watch team: an eclectic shortlist has been unveiled in the great Architectural Jelly Design Competition, part of the London Festival of Architecture.
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Life and death
RIBA prez Sunand Prasad was involved in a pretty serious debate last week on whether “design really can save your life”.
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Easily bought
Hundreds have marched, and more than a 1,500 signed a petition against Lyons Sleeman Hoare’s proposed new Tesco development in Hadleigh, Suffolk.
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Principled stand
Good to see that Arb isn’t shying away from the big issues of the day. On the agenda at last week’s board meeting: should Arb continue its historical policy of not using the RIBA’s headquarters for meetings?
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Hue and cry
Writing about postwar housing in last week’s Regeneration & Renewal magazine, Urban Splash’s Nick Johnson said he “remained unmoved by the recent furore in architectural circles over Robin Hood Gardens”...
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OpinionClassic case
Boots hears that next month’s spanking new London Architecture Festival will be opened by mayor Boris Johnson. Bozza is certainly a catch but he will surely have to tone down his message.
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OpinionCast adrift
Tuesday’s private view of Psycho Buildings at the Hayward was notable for one thing: queues.