All Columnists articles – Page 40
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OpinionJust stop stating the bleeding obvious
Clichés, Saul? Tell me about it. I’m literally sick of them.
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OpinionWhy I’ll be voting Smurf this year
The Smurfs are celebrating their 50th birthday and in a US election year are really coming to life
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OpinionFearing risk is dangerous
The diminished 2012 Aquatic Centre and The Public are sorry tales of our times, but the danger is that clients will stop commissioning brave architecture
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FeaturesWill China save us from schlock?
A curious to-and-froing exists between the current architectural styles of East and West. Jonathan Glancey wonders how we can get a little bit of ‘qi’ up the Lee River Valley before 2012
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OpinionSharks lurk in ethical waters
Artistic freedom, at a profit, can be a powerful pull over principles on human rights. Where do you draw the line?
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FeaturesWhy I’m not buoyed by Gehl
The acclaimed planning guru is championing public space of unremitting blandness, says Jonathan Glancey
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OpinionThe art of making a quality judgment
If quality is to be judged rather than measured, the government must be ready to step beyond public opinion
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OpinionSaved by the power of love
As Leicester’s Engineering Department is considered for demolition, is passion the only thing that can save the 20th century’s finest buildings?
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OpinionWhy not try some blue sky thinking?
Sick of all those meaningless clichés? Let’s ban them until they are used properly again
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OpinionDon’t just think big, think mega
This week Jonathan Glancey thinks bigger than big — mega, even
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OpinionTime for readers to turn over a new leaf
Interior design has rediscovered nature, so why are architects still so hostile to the joys of floral decoration?
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OpinionCentres without a cause
Cabe may be funding regional architecture centres, but does anyone know what they’re really for?
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FeaturesFilling in the time until 2012
Jonathan Glancey celebrates the New Year with his pick of upcoming year designations, including the hotly anticipated 2009 Year of Jargon
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OpinionLet’s stop flogging this dead old horse
Christmas store displays pastiche the past, but the here and now of real life is better, for architecture
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OpinionYear ends as it began – almost
Eagerness to demolish Pimlico School, sits particularly poorly with the failure of new school designs to pass muster
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OpinionWho gains most from Tate gift?
The government has given the Tate extension a cash boost, but which side really benefits from this generosity?
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OpinionHousing must find room for regulation
With Callcutt’s reminder that business drives housebuilders, the government must act on space
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OpinionThis is the plan: every man for himself
When you get up close to it, the planning process is revealed as a chaotic, counter-productive sham
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OpinionGateway reaches crisis point
Cash, Farrell and positive noises are great, but they cannot hide the fact that the Thames Gateway is in meltdown
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OpinionRefurb deserves top design
Pimlico School’s demolition may be unstoppable, but there are serious questions over the quality of its replacement