All Boots articles – Page 29
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Opinion
Off target
Urbed’s Nicholas Falk was almost arrested on a recent reconnaissance mission to the London Borough of Harrow, he revealed to an aghast audience at last week’s New New Town conference, after attempting to photograph Harrow’s awful bus station as an example of how not to design an urban environment.
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Moscow's twin?
Chatting to residents of Robin Hood Gardens this week, Boots was intrigued to learn that the estate has proved a popular location for filming.
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OpinionSnap judgment
While BD is campaigning to save Robin Hood Gardens, Royal Academicians have turned their attention to Evans & Shalev’s Newport High School (pictured), which the local authority plans to demolish.
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OpinionHats on to Rem
So you’ve designed a string of internationally recognised masterpieces, and have a Pritzker Prize and an RIBA gold medal on your mantlepiece.
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Glasgow kiss-off
On Wednesday night last week, viewers across the land were treated to an hour-long Beeb documentary on Richard Rogers.
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Lost in space
Word arrives that an advert has been posted on the DCMS website to recruit a suitable individual to carry out Cabe’s light-touch review.
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Frozen music
Renzo Piano’s New York Times building is not only rat infested, it’s also freezing cold, according to online gossip site, Gawker.
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Escape pan
Fresh news has surfaced about Sandy Wilson’s masterplan for the Royal Academy, on which he was working before he died, and which has never seen the light of day.
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Built to last
Congratulation to English Heritage’s chief executive Simon Thurley, who wed Anna Keay, formerly a curator at Historic Royal Palaces, in the crypt of his Norfolk home at the weekend.
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OpinionBird brained
Boots was delighted to hear Sunand Prasad live on Radio 4’s Today programme alongside Will Alsop, discussing their designs for bird boxes, and we naturally turned straight to the BBC website to inspect the images.
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Slip of paper
Drawings by the late Sandy Wilson, on show at Pallant House in Chichester, provide an interesting footnote to one of the more entertaining architectural rows of recent times.
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Grateful Ted
At his Gold Medal dinner at the RIBA this week, Ted Cullinan said he was delighted to receive the award at such a young age.
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Honour bound
An interview with Cullinan by the RIBA’s Tony Chapman reveals his view on honours generally, and which he rates most highly.
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OpinionMuddy boot
Boots is relieved to hear that Watkins Gray International’s Luciano Vitiello has survived unscathed after two hours stuck in a bog.
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Toilet humour
Following last week’s revelation that Olympic loos must not be aligned with Mecca, toilets are causing more controversy — this time north of the border.
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OpinionThe Xs factor
Amid the controversy over MPs’ expenses, Boots was interested to see the guidelines for Arb board members’ travel and subsistence costs.
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Housing crisis
Rumour has it that the theme of this year’s British pavilion at the architecture biennale is the dreadful quality of our housing.
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Style councillor
Hats off this week to deputy leader of Kensington & Chelsea, Daniel Moylan, who celebrated becoming an honorary RIBA fellow.
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