All Editorial articles – Page 160
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NewsFree school pioneer says design not necessary
Toby Young dismisses link between good architecture and academic ability
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News
Building for Life sees 50% more qualifying
A record number of new housing schemes qualified for a Building for Life standard this year, the largest number in the eight years of the award
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Opinion
Manchester wins
I doubt anyone in Leeds would question John Thorp’s endeavour as civic architect, and he has been a rare sane voice at Plans Panel, where design knowledge is scarce to say the least
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Opinion
Try real localism
Seeing as Michael Gove and the coalition government are allegedly so keen on decentralisation and giving power back to local authorities, he should allow each local authority the autonomy to decide how best to procure a new school building.
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Opinion
No inspiration
Those of us who objected to Argent’s slash and burn “regeneration” of the King’s Cross site knew there was a major risk that the land between the grade I stations would become a no-place, devoid of character
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Building StudyPull House in Vermont by Procter Rihl
Procter Rihl’s Pull House sits amid the maple trees of rural New England and creates an architecture to match the region’s progressive politics.
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OpinionWelcome to the future of education
Michael Gove’s architect-free pledge leaves Tesco and Curry’s to guide us on school-building
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ReviewEngineers: A History of Engineering & Structural Design
Matthew Wells’ new study conveys the heroism of engineers through the ages.
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OpinionThree meals a day with Foster
A profile of artist and chair of the Architecture Foundation Brian Clarke appeared in the Daily Telegraph this week under the perhaps fractionally over-egged headline “Brian Clarke: Rock Star of Stained Glass”.
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Opinion
Truth or dare
I’d often wondered what happened to those sad old bores that used to bang on about truth, grace, taste – and now I know that they’re alive and well and living in Kingston upon Thames
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OpinionWill the prince crack the code?
His new book is the latest indication of Prince Charles’s ambition to take the lead in sustainable housing design
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News
Medieval on your class
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won planning permission for a new school in north-east London
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NewsThe Cineroleum reels them in
A temporary cinema created in a disused Clerkenwell Road petrol station by a collective of young architects and artists is coming to the end of its short life.
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ReviewNew Delhi: Making of a Capital
As global power shifts eastward, a new book charting the birth of New Delhi reclaims the city’s history
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NewsNew Bullring plans set to move Marks Barfield café
Chapman Taylor has unveiled plans for a new restaurant complex beside the Bullring in Birmingham – which could mean the demise of Marks Barfield’s multi award-winning Spiral Café just five years after it opened
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SPAB Awards seek student ideas
Architecture students are being invited to enter an awards competition celebrating innovation and conservation.
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TechnicalLas Arenas Bullring, Barcelona
A “floating” domed roof takes centre stage as Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ redevelopment of Barcelona’s 1890s bullring nears completion.
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ReviewTalking Architecture: Raj Rewal in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo
An innovative dialogue draws out the background to Raj Rewal’s architecture to show current Indian practice in a postcolonial context.
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OpinionDo architects have a problem with beauty?
Yael Reisner thinks architecture has only briefly engaged with aesthetics, while Piers Gough says all design involves the pursuit of beauty
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Opinion
It's all out there
Please tell Ed Hollis (“Living in the greatest show on earth” Opinion September 3), it’s OK