All Columnists articles – Page 29
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OpinionNo easy route to cutting CO2
The belief that the construction industry can bring about a 50% cut in CO2 emissions could lead to dangerous complacency
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OpinionWe can’t design buildings on our own
Unless we can develop a sense of common purpose all collaboration is doomed to fail
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OpinionLost in the name of sustainability
The demolition of an innovative 19th century steel girder bridge is entirely unnecessary
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OpinionWhen it's wrong to walk
Refusing to work for difficult clients is likely to result in worse buildings in the sectors that matter most
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Opinion
Do you have a better mousetrap?
Recession can be a good time to launch a business, but don’t bother if you’re offering nothing new.
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OpinionThe climate debate isn’t over
Attacking the media for raising questions about global warning only exemplifies how green orthodoxy is stifling legitimate discussion
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OpinionHome is where the bullying is
Locally and nationally, decisions are being based on ideology not common sense
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OpinionWhere is the Ice Cube of architecture?
Today the idea of an angry architecture is all but inconceivable
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OpinionThe writing is on the walls
Twenty years after the Berlin wall came crashing down a new breed of barrier appears to be growing
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OpinionEdinburgh: time to take off the mask
Hiding behind a fictional heritage will leave this city stuck in the past
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OpinionIs global warming hot air?
The RIBA must not be blinkered to the increasing evidence against man-made climate change
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OpinionPolyark is on the right road
The issues Cedric Price’s student project addressed in the 1970s are still important to architecture schools today
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OpinionWe need to design in four dimensions
The Copenhagen summit is over after two weeks but buildings last for centuries
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OpinionAge of margarine classicism
People might not have noticed the difference between margarine and butter in those old ads, but they do see the difference between traditional and modern
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OpinionCounting the cost of Stirling
Is the UK’s top architecture prize now merely rewarding buildings with generous budgets?
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OpinionBright new talent from tough times
The downturn is shaking up the natural order to architecture’s benefit
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OpinionWe all need more play time
This government edict is indicative of the way Britain is doing its best to undermine its long-term future — and its architecture
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OpinionTime to return to the grass roots
A new form of “Civic Trust” is needed to get local projects the recognition they deserve
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OpinionSlow train to our lumpen fantasy past
Despite renewed interest in their radical edge, our suburbs stand for the failure of idealism