All Debate articles – Page 3
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OpinionAre architects doing enough to encourage housebuilding?
Get stuck in to property development, urges Dickon Robinson… bourgeois balderdash, says Simon Allford
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OpinionIs the RIBA doing enough for small practices?
A coherent voice for firms of all sizes, or not giving the underdogs the help they need?
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OpinionShould Eduardo Souto de Moura accept Israel’s Wolf Prize?
The Portuguese architect has been urged to boycott the $100,000 award
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OpinionWas Thatcher bad for the development of British architecture?
As prime minister in a period of dramatic change, how did she leave her mark on the profession?
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OpinionWill the Farrell Review make a difference to the profession?
This is architects’ chance to make an impact on policymakers. But can it succeed?
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OpinionShould Elizabeth House have been called in?
The redevelopment of the site next to Waterloo station remains a contentious issue
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OpinionIs this a time for clients to be brave?
In an uncertain climate, do architects need clients who are willing to take risks?
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OpinionShould architecture schools reduce student numbers?
As architectural unemployment rises, do we need to cut back on those training to enter the profession?
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OpinionAre flatpack building systems an answer to the housing crisis?
The country needs more new homes. But will a shift to offsite construction really help?
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OpinionDo design ‘experts’ have too much influence?
Is Will Alsop right, or do architects need to get better at collaborating?
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OpinionShould 'beauty' be applied to housing design?
Volume housebuilding is guided by economics, not aesthetics, but there may be light at the end of the tunnel
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OpinionShould the Heygate Estate be torn down?
South London’s brutalist behemoth: ready for the wrecking ball, or just in need of some TLC?
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OpinionShould temporary buildings be allowed to win RIBA awards?
They can be poetic and experimental - but is that enough?
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OpinionIs it too late to save the British pub?
Yes, says Paul Nuttall, state meddling has killed a great British tradition; but David Knight believes the pub’s community role can come to the rescue
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OpinionDoes the capital need Design for London?
Yes, says Julian Lewis, it is the kind of leader in creative influence that the city needs; while Mira Bar-Hillel says it will not be missed
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OpinionAre the RIBA Awards too expensive?
Yes, says Ben Kilburn, smaller practices are being excluded; but Bill Taylor believes the new cost categories make them fairer than ever
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OpinionShould architects sue if their work is copied?
Yes, argue Ian Lowe and Oscar Webb, copyright protection is essential to creativity; but Sam Jacob says it’s all part of architectural culture
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OpinionWill 2013 be a better year for architects?
Yes, says Adrian Dobson, architects are at the front end of the demand cycle; while Kallum Pickering says the sector is set to suffer more
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OpinionIs the impending demolition of Preston bus station justified?
Yes, says Peter Rankin, because refurbishment would be a false economy; while Clare Price argues it is a national icon that could be imaginatively remodelled
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OpinionHas bad design turned the public against development?
Yes, says Andrew Beharrell, it is one of the reasons people resist development; while Steve Turner says housebuilders build the homes people want