All Columnists articles – Page 23
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Opinion
Every crowd has a silver lining
East London has lost out through Locog’s decision to re-route the marathon, but the news may not be all bad
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OpinionFixing the regeneration game
The London Plan should adopt measures to stop regeneration failing the very people it is intended to help
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Time off studies for good behaviour?
The imminent spending review will force architecture course providers to get creative.
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OpinionDon’t monkee with South Bank
The new generation of MPs could do with a solid grounding in architectural principles
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Can spirituality be set in stone?
The Pope’s visit raises the question of how architects can offer a sense of the spiritual
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Redesigning Stuttgart with vuvuzelas
Noisy protests over its railway station scheme are helping to redefine a changing city
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OpinionGames failure is symbolic
The New Delhi bridge collapse reminds rising economic powers of the global imagery of architecture
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Who do we think we are kidding?
The trend for invoking the Blitz spirit reveals the hollowness of the new architecture of austerity
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OpinionOne supersize doesn’t fit all
Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to urban design.
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OpinionDon’t ditch Dewsbury plans
If Cabe is to be relevant it needs to learn that architecture can no longer be treated in isolation
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OpinionWelcome to the future of education
Michael Gove’s architect-free pledge leaves Tesco and Curry’s to guide us on school-building
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OpinionWill the prince crack the code?
His new book is the latest indication of Prince Charles’s ambition to take the lead in sustainable housing design
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OpinionThis winter it’s all going south
At least we know the swallows will be back, unlike the values embodied in our cities’ architect’s departments.
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Living in the greatest show on earth
Edinburgh’s beauty is her chief economic resource, but when will the visitors all go home?
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OpinionStandards can see off sharks
Housebuilders’ customer satisfaction levels may not tell the whole story
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OpinionAmnesia over housing policy
Ed Balls’ ideas for funding affordable homes suggest he has learnt little from New Labour’s failures
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OpinionBoris is brave to think bigger
Ignore the critics, London’s new housing design guide will mainly give us a size of home long enjoyed in western Europe
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The resistance to regen starts here
Embracing every regeneration project on offer does no favours to our rundown urban areas
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I’m going to have to let you go
Everything’s getting dumped faster and faster, and that includes good stuff like Broadgate.
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The politics of pedal power
London’s cycle-hire scheme is as much a symbolic as technical achievement.