All Opinion articles – Page 20
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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
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OpinionRecyling the spoils of Crossrail
Turning subsoil from Crossrail excavations into a new nature reserve is a win win situation says Gillian Darley
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OpinionWhy design and build doesn't work
Design and build contracts were meant to give responsibility for jobs to one party. The reality is rather different says Julia Park
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OpinionPlanners need better design guidance if we're to have high-quality cities
There are many ways architects and their clients try to hoodwink planners. The fightback starts here, writes Esther Kurland.
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OpinionArchitects on the silver screen don’t do themselves or the profession any favours
It’s no surprise that fictional portrayals of architects are so stereotypical when documentaries reinforce exactly the same myths, says Mark Middleton
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OpinionWhy can’t we make architecture intelligible to the general public?
A 1948 book encourages the lay observer to believe they can engage with architecture. Why are we still struggling with an elitist image nearly 70 years later asks Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionCelebrating the theatre of London's Ocean Walks
London might not be able to match the exhibitionism of LA’s beaches but some of our streets can give California a run for its money when it comes to human carnival, writes Joe Morris
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Southwark station demolition: The beginning of the end for the Jubilee line?
The architectural integrity of the Jubilee line is greater than the sum of its parts says Thomas Lane
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OpinionShould we be building icons or retaining our talented people?
The City of London’s Culture Mile proposal is a bloated distraction from what London really needs to focus on, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionArata Isozaki: Six decades of visionary work
With a productive career spanning more than six decades, more than 100 built works and an oeuvre that is unusually diverse and original, Arata Isozaki’s work is due a timely reappraisal, writes Steffen Lehmann ahead of the Japanese architect’s 86th birthday on Sunday