All Opinion articles – Page 20
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OpinionMust design competitions be meaningless?
Unless the government underpins the Oxford-Cambridge corridor with a strong implementing framework, all the good ideas will come to naught, warns Hank Dittmar
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OpinionThe RIBA's apprenticeships won't solve architecture's diversity problem
The idea is well-meaning but Mark Middleton can foresee some unintended consequences
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OpinionNeave Brown’s influence is felt in rural Cumbria as much as Camden
It is a tragedy that Alexandra Road was Neave Brown’s last UK project, but his ideals inspired many others, writes Gillian Darley
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OpinionWill Steven Spielberg wake Birmingham up to its own potential?
Ben Flatman meets a developer breathing new life into old buildings in a city not known for hanging on to its heritage
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OpinionThe best architects are like chameleons
More than any other property professionals, architects need to be adept at communicating with very different audiences, says Martyn Evans
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Is Greenwich Peninsula's design district visionary or just a marketing ploy?
Building a dedicated design district in the middle of a huge residential scheme is a London first. Can it work asks Thomas Lane
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OpinionLetting people get intimate with buildings is the best way to educate future clients
Open House is far more effective than glossy magazines at helping the public understand the value of architects, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionWe need hard-nosed law and garden city utopianism to avoid building future slums
The best intentions could result in the worst outcomes if we don’t learn lessons from the past, argues Katy Lock
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OpinionThis housing consultation is revealing - of muddled thinking
Julia Park picks apart the government’s proposed reforms to the NPPF
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OpinionTo repel housebuilders’ brawn, good planning and design need political protection
Hank Dittmar reports from Devon on a sorry tale illustrating the ease with which big bucks can trample on years of meticulous work
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OpinionWhy directors need to learn from the Instagram generation
Architecture favours the old more than most arts, but that’s no excuse for not learning new tricks. Tim Bowder-Ridger explains why you should be listening to junior colleagues
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OpinionHow regeneration is working in two brave new towns
Gillian Darley reports from Hemel Hempstead and Thamesmead, both works in progress
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OpinionEvery town should have a team of volunteer design advisers
Hard-up planning departments should take advantage of architects’ willingness to share their expertise, says Martyn Evans. But the politicians need to be prepared to listen - and act
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OpinionExceptional places shouldn't be the exception
We used to be able to create successful communities. Now we go on study tours of the continent and wring our hands. David Rudlin suggests a recipe for change
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OpinionHarnessing the power of the architect’s unconscious mind
Parameters are important but sometimes architects must look away from the briefing documents and simply dream, says Neven Sidor
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Was it worth spending £48m on Battersea Power Station's chimneys?
Why spend a fortune restoring an icon just to hide it behind a wall of flats, asks Thomas Lane
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OpinionThe architecture school that helped transform Los Angeles
When it chose a home next to Skid Row, SCI-Arc helped kickstart the renaissance of Downtown LA. No longer a nomad, can it hang on to its pioneering spirit, asks Ben Flatman
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OpinionIt takes more than a PR campaign to create a real community
Eleanor Jolliffe has moved to Greenwich Peninsula and is struck by the developer’s efforts to manufacture a sense of commuity as a marketing tool
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OpinionWhat Charlottesville says about the ideological and physical contest for our public space
Our public spaces are under siege from extremists. What can be done asks Hank Dittmar
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OpinionFour priorities for the next RIBA president
Ben Derbyshire takes over from Jane Duncan as RIBA president in September and faces big challenges. Martyn Evans has some suggestions