All Opinion articles – Page 15
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OpinionLiving in a shared house doesn’t have to be a last resort
There is nothing wrong with sharing a home providing it has been designed for the purpose and is affordable
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OpinionOxford’s failure to teach architecture is a disaster for architects and the country
Britain’s leaders are educated at Oxford – where they never meet an architecture student, writes Ben Flatman
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OpinionHome is where the hearth is
An Englishman might think his home is a castle but language suggests we’re happier living less isolated lives
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OpinionWhat is it about architects and urban design?
Architects love to break the mould – but you ignore the rules of urban design at your peril, says David Rudlin
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OpinionGaddafi's paranoia is alive and well in Fitzrovia
Gillian Darley finds herself under uncomfortable scrutiny at Facebook’s new home
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OpinionTime for fresh thinking at Bishopsgate Goodsyard
As the key East End site comes back on stream, client and architects have a chance to redefine London’s City fringe
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OpinionWe can't rely on the cyclical property market to solve the housing crisis - but we can take advantage of those cycles
If a slump is on its way we need to give councils the freedom to snap up cheap land and build homes on it
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OpinionWhy RIBA presidents are always doomed to fail
We must double the term of office if we want the profession’s figurehead to achieve anything meaningful
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OpinionWhat is the point of RIBA?
After recent controversies Eleanor Jolliffe takes a long, hard look at what the instititution really stands for
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OpinionA new low in office-to-residential conversions
The sorry story of Newbury House shows that permitted development too often makes people’s lives a misery, writes Julia Park
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OpinionSoane and the art of appreciating your collaborators
John Soane had a lot on his hands but with the built version of a pattern book and accomplished craftsmen he pulled it off, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionBeware the new Elysians
Gentrification by creatives is threatening the viability of cities. But some are avoiding it and we must learn from them, writes BD’s new columnist
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OpinionHere's some holiday reading, housing minister
The new line-up at the Housing Ministry needs to do some swotting over the summer, suggests Julia Park
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OpinionThe opposite of Amazon
Martyn Evans shows how digital disruption can pump new life into fading high streets
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OpinionThe NPPF - a national policy with local dangers
There is much to commend the NPPF but successful implementation at local level could be challenging
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OpinionThe Royal Academy of Dramatic… Architecture
How can we design wit into buildings, asks Phil Coffey, as he celebrates the playfulness of the late Bryan Avery
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OpinionThe hidden costs of studying architecture are causing profound suffering
Shocking stories of struggle and even homelessness mean schools must treat reform as a matter of urgency
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OpinionLooking back on the summer of 2018
The long, hot summer of ’18 should mark a turning point in the cavalier way we treat our world, suggests Phil Coffey
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OpinionBy the bricked-up waters of More London I sat down and wept
The decision to fill in a water feature shows why beancounters must be kept away from design decisions