All articles by Jonathan Glancey – Page 2
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Opinion
Why we need the county set
County architects understood the people they were building for and their demise has left us architecturally poorer
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OpinionOn leading northern lights
Low winter sun presents particular challenges for architects working in northern climes
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What is an architect’s price?
Is it just money that leads practices to take on morally dubious projects?
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OpinionFruit juice of human kindness
Speak to any developer or product manufacturer and you would think we live in a green utopia
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Opinion
On the politics of beauty
If Victorian architects had had to contend with the current generation of design watchdogs, many of our most striking buildings would not have got off the drawing board
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OpinionTowards a new architecture
Many architects have long wished Cabe would go away. At last they’ve got their wish.
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OpinionWhy are we all going under?
Cinemas and swimming pools should be celebrated, not hidden away
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OpinionWhat’ll be left of Lea Valley?
The Olympic plans are a lost opportunity for London’s once-great East End
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OpinionOf dormice and men
Kent County Council’s decision to put dormice before development demonstrates the humaneness that should inform our planning
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OpinionDon’t monkee with South Bank
The new generation of MPs could do with a solid grounding in architectural principles
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Can spirituality be set in stone?
The Pope’s visit raises the question of how architects can offer a sense of the spiritual
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OpinionOne supersize doesn’t fit all
Bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to urban design.
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OpinionThis winter it’s all going south
At least we know the swallows will be back, unlike the values embodied in our cities’ architect’s departments.
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OpinionStandards can see off sharks
Housebuilders’ customer satisfaction levels may not tell the whole story
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I’m going to have to let you go
Everything’s getting dumped faster and faster, and that includes good stuff like Broadgate.
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OpinionSweet mystery of small spaces
We need the wonder of Roald Dahl’s stories in the design of small spaces and places
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OpinionWe must not shop ’til we drop
It’s time to stop squandering special buildings in the never-ending quest to build more chain shops
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Redesign the exam machines
Let’s reimagine the schools of the future and leave behind New Labour’s slick academies