All Columnists articles – Page 42
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OpinionGlory be to Gehry for dappled things
Hurrah for Frank Gehry’s IAC tower, which brings texture and variety to Manhattan’s rigid pattern
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OpinionCan architects help Sarkozy?
Sarkozy wants a built legacy, but are architects best placed to advise on what are often really political issues?
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OpinionShow some respect: cut the clichés
Meaningless archispeak is a lazy way to avoid a proper analysis of architecture
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OpinionTories seize the green agenda
The Tories are trying hard to grab the green initiative, but the public remains unconvinced it is being heard
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OpinionSay no to clone-town Britain
The sad tale of Camden’s market offers pause for thought on why we can’t let good things be
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OpinionSave us from a fate worse than Bono
Being honest about the cost of carbon can help the planet and keep the rock stars at bay
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OpinionMr president, your in-tray...
There’s no shortage of campaigns on which RIBA’s Sunand Prasad could make his mark
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OpinionAt last we can brand the Dome a hit
A mobile phone company’s homage to itself has proved the troubled tent’s unlikely saviour
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OpinionCabe’s unfulfilled ambition
The watchdog should return to its original mission of spreading skills
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OpinionA step too far for the RIBA?
The RIBA’s plans for a design quality panel have merit — but potential pitfalls too
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OpinionFaltering finger on the local pulse
As electronic upstarts replace local papers, who will shape our ‘imagined communities’ of the future?
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OpinionRally round to save the MK dream
It may be the butt of jokes, but Milton Keynes’ very existence champions the suburban ideal
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OpinionEgos need to be kept in check
The athletes’ village will be a closely watched drama, unlike its antithesis — the conventional mega-project at Stratford
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OpinionLast night’s TV: the Ignorance Factor
Germaine Greer’s housing ‘solution’ for Cambridge just displays her ignorance. Has she no shame?
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OpinionClients are not the problem
As long as our planning system rejects schemes like Bath’s Holburne design, the UK’s role in the Stirling Prize will diminish
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OpinionHands off Noddy, man of the people
Children’s TV programmes are more clued up than architects as to the housing people want
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OpinionToo high a price for expansion
Architecture courses are hugely popular — great! But it’s not so clever if saturation means falling standards
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OpinionGrim news has a silver lining
Reports on the pressures of families, careers and homes, and the wealth gap, are making a wet summer worse. Are we losing the plot?
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OpinionAs Ratso knew, good experience costs
Richard Serra’s triumphant retrospective is a lesson in how to win over the crowd
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OpinionEH must win our confidence
The walkie talkie go-ahead gives notice that the UK will decide its own future — but we need strong, clear leadership