All Columnists articles – Page 39
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FeaturesLeft or right, the only way is up
Every politican wants his city to be “world class” these days — but why does that always seem to mean skyscrapers?
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OpinionTrash and cash are a bad mix
Mipim has some real high spots, but the squalid fantasy designs that also flock there shouldn’t be built at all
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OpinionAuto-responses serve no one’s interest
It is so easy to cry ‘conflict of interest’ that we are forgetting to pinpoint the real problem
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OpinionWhy Robin Hood needn’t keel over
History shows that all Robin Hood Gardens needs is the will to make work
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OpinionTop design is best medicine
At times like these, poorly designed homes will display the ‘for sale’ sign the longest
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OpinionA woman’s home is her sandcastle
An innovative design project is providing mass housing for Cape Town’s urban poor
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OpinionFight this loopy legislation
We need to resist the government’s misguided urge to dictate what sort of houses people want
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FeaturesAre there prizes for 244th place?
News that the RIBA has made number 244 in the Superbrands list sends Jonathan Glancey into paroxysms of despair
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OpinionA demolition job on the truth
The landlord’s consultation with tenants at Robin Hood Gardens has been seriously flawed
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FeaturesThis frog could become a prince
Renovated by a sympathetic architect, Robin Hood Gardens could be a very desirable residence, says Jonathan Glancey
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OpinionThe most architectural film ever made
The death of screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet prompts a revisit of Last Year at Marienbad
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OpinionTo the rescue of Robin Hood
Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it
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FeaturesDebate remains at dustbin level
Calling Patel Taylor’s Ivor Crewe lecture hall a dustbin was simple bad manners, says Jonathan Glancey
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OpinionA bit more money can give real value
Splashing the cash doesn’t guarantee a good design, but wisely spent, it can really pay off
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OpinionStations’ magic ingredient
Making New Street exciting is an aim all our stations should aspire to, but Network Rail will need to hold its nerve
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FeaturesStatues leave me stoney faced
The statutes at the refurbished St Pancras Station have started a much needed debate about their role in public life
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OpinionStop and think before you hit the roof
Building on that wasted space at the top of the building sounds good... but is it?
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NewsThe trustees have let the foundation down
Zaha Hadid's HQ project for the Architecture Foundation, which has just been axed, should never have been allowed to get this far
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OpinionPrince lands near the spot
Prince Charles has reignited public debate on architecture, but defining zero carbon is the key to any discussion.
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FeaturesThe sad decline of UK housing
Why are we always in a rush with housing? A basic need, as well the emotional centre of most of our lives, housing is not something you would think we would ever want to hurry into. We simply need to build — warmly, intelligently and well — over the years ...