All Opinion articles – Page 23
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OpinionWhen is overcrowding not overcrowding?
When you could sleep in the kitchen. Julia Park provides an illuminating history of the many ways landlords and the authorities have dodged their responsibility to provide decent housing rights up to the present day
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OpinionPavilions: There’s no excuse for leaving rigour at the park gate
Mark Middleton excoriates architects and their clients who fail to take a commission for a bit of summer fun seriously
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OpinionWhy new urbanism is the answer all over again
The ground-up movement which helped defeat urban decay in the 1980s is just as relevant now our cities face the opposite problem, argues Hank Dittmar
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It's time to divert Garden Bridge funding to other Thames crossings
Our reader poll demonstrates an appetite for more Thames pedestrian crossings. Public money left over from scrapping support for the Garden Bridge would get these moving, says Thomas Lane
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OpinionRegeneration will come naturally to the Lea Valley - after a lot of work
The Leaway has been a long time coming but soon we should be able to let the landscape do the talking, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionIf you're going to hire a consultant, make it the right one
Is it PR you need, or will the extra work it brings simply expose more fundamental problems in your practice? Martyn Evans considers the options for stressed-out architects
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OpinionWe should appreciate London’s success while it lasts
The capital might be struggling to accommodate its burgeoning population - but that’s surely better than the Detroit-style decline it once faced, argues Ben Flatman
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OpinionThe Garden Bridge is like a student project – good on paper but impossible to realise
With government cuts and increasing global tensions it’s not the time to waste money on a costly folly, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionIs it time to tax land value uplift for community benefit?
The uplift in land value has been taxed at rates from 100% in 1947 to zero today. A sensible level of taxation could help fund social infrastructure and affordable housing says Julia Park
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OpinionHow to diversify housing delivery with some help from architects
Self and custom builders could break the dominance of the volume housebuilders if they can cut through all the red tape says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionMapping the city from the saddle
Cycling has many positive benefits, fitness, camaraderie, networking and for an architect, it can also promote a better understanding of urban design says Joe Morris
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OpinionFirst rate art centres, second rate art
New art centres are too focused on restaurants, shops and the visitor experience rather than the exhibitions, says Gillian Darley
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OpinionWhy Parliament should stay at the Palace of Westminster
Keeping Parliament at the Palace of Westminster would be better for Britain and cheaper too, argues Christopher Costelloe
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OpinionWhy we need a new Houses of Parliament
A new parliament building would be more suited to a modern, forward looking Britain. It would also be cheaper and showcase Britains creative skills to the world says Martyn Evans
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OpinionThe battle for No 1 Poultry: a history
A RIBA exhibition on the development of the No 1 Poultry site in the City of London has some fascinating insights into ambition, fashion and politics says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionIt’s time to open up architecture to graduates and professionals from other disciplines
Architectural conversion courses have been standard in the US since the 1970’s. Introducing new skills has enriched American building design says Ben Flatman
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OpinionOpen design competitions devalue the architectural profession
Architects flock to open design competitions despite a lack of fees and tiny odds of winning a real job. It’s time for architects to take a stand, says Mark Middleton
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OpinionBIM changes the way we work, not the design
Working with BIM may make a new set of demands on designers but has wider benefits, argues Eleanor Jolliffe
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OpinionIs it the job of local authorities to create better places?
With development now delivered by a diverse, fragmented variety of organisations, Jane Briginshaw convened a group of political leaders to discuss who should stitch this together
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OpinionWith homelessness rising we need action to reverse the trend
50 years after Cathy Come Home homelessness is still rising despite official claims it is decreasing.. Good quality, spacious homes could help tackle the problem says Julia Park