All Editorial articles – Page 168
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Opinion
Learning process
The question of whether money has been wasted on school design work (Debate June 11) is not so clear cut. The Building Schools for the Future process has its pros and its cons.
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Opinion
A head of steam
Owen Hatherley is right to bemoan the basic, utilitarian character of the new structures on the revived East London Line (Works June 11), but, although he tells us he lives in south-east London, he writes with all the myopia of the north Londoner who thinks that civilisation only exists where ...
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Opinion
Golden hello
With impeccable timing, the London Development Agency this week advertised four new jobs just as mayor Boris Johnson was announcing his plans to scrap the organisation.
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Opinion
Let’s focus on improvement
As the Treasury anticipates efficiency measures which will inevitably impact on capital expenditure in construction, it may like to have a mind to the effect Building Schools for the Future (Debate June 11) has had on maintenance regimes within the secondary school sector.
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Opinion
Garden of Edam
Terry Brown’s comment (Letters June 11) on my article about Dutch-style intensive farming (Opinion June 4) misunderstands my point, which is that if we insist on cheap food and start to grow more of it in Britain, our countryside could become a hi-tech dystopia similar to that of the Netherlands.
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NewsDivine inspiration
McHugh Stoppard Architecture has won planning permission to convert a former primary school in Walton, Liverpool, into for a community and business centre
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OpinionIs the government right to relax density targets?
Yes, says Liz Peace, it should be a local decision; but Alex Ely says good design is the key
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FeaturesCan I stop a contractor promoting my design as his own work?
How can I prevent a contractor promoting my design as his own work and using my own photographs, without any recognition of the architects?
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News
Brady comes out strongly in Q&A for presidency
The RIBA could be run by two women in succession after Angela Brady cemented her position as the frontrunner in the race to succeed Ruth Reed
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FeaturesIPad has the right touch for architects
Could new iPad applications and software become valuable tools for practices?
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Opinion
Hidden agenda
RIBA chief executive Harry Rich (Letters June 4) attempts to refute the reasons why Azar Djamali says she resigned as chairman at the start of the London Regional Council meeting on April 29. He says this meeting was “called and entirely administered properly”.
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OpinionWe need to talk about housing
Wherever there are no jobs and a barren stretch of sodden land to be flogged off cheaply, horrid homes sprout like random weeds.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 18 June 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday June 23 for a chance to win a copy of Havana Revisited: An Architectural Heritage, by Cathryn Griffith.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: June 11
Last week’s winner was Paul Smith of Foster & Partners in London, who identified Alexandra Road housing by Neave Brown and Camden Architects Department
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OpinionZero-carbon report could backfire
To most of us the financial crisis has been a reality check, not pleasant but necessary. But for environmentalists the penny is taking longer to drop .This is because they believe their cause is more important than anything else.
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NewsHats off to the architect
A pop-up exhibition of hats created by architects, artists and designers as part of the London Festival of Architecture is set to open tomorrow.
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NewsPenrose comments hailed as ‘promising’
Leading architects have welcomed new architecture minister John Penrose’s first public comments on the profession as “promising”