All Opinion articles – Page 26
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OpinionC'est une stitch-up, Monsieur le President
Leon Krier takes issue with the choice of Dominique Perrault to lead the regeneration of the historic island at the heart of Paris
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OpinionDitch the ‘master’ and just plan
Masterplanning has become another meaningless term like ‘sustainability’ and ‘mixed-use’ whose merit is accepted unthinkingly. It’s time to declare the emperor naked, argues Lee Mallett
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OpinionConverting temporary installations into permanent solutions
Pop-up installations have beccome commonplace on sites awaiting development. But can more meaningful alternatives form a better response to context and community, asks Martyn Evans
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OpinionReinventing our relationship with materials
The centenary of HP Berlage’s Holland House provides an opportunity to celebrate how materials combine technology and aesthetics, argues Gillian Darley
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OpinionHow planners reshaped Victoria Street
This grand 19th century London boulevard suvived the Blitz only to be the victim of 1950s redevelopment. Now it is being reinvented once again
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OpinionThe demise of Art History A-level reflects a post-Brexit mindset
It was only a matter of time before the tough ‘stem’ subjects would muscle out the soft study of society’s relationship with art and architecture
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OpinionWhat the Lords have to say about the housing crisis
This summer a House of Lords report set out some informed solutions for our dysfunctional housing market - a shame it’s been overshadowed by all the recent politicking
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OpinionIt feels like the industry has gone backwards since the recession
Contracts have got tougher, project risk is dumped on the weakest, partnering is out the window and adversarial practices are back
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OpinionAre the architecture schools doing enough to tackle mental health problems?
Last month BD’s student columnist highlighted the pressures faced by architectural students. She talked to the universities to see what they are doing about this and whether it is enough
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OpinionBig infrastructure projects must retain design integrity
It’s in the public interest to appoint chief architects at the very start of projects that affect our country’s future
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OpinionNewport Street Gallery is streets ahead
This year’s Stirling Prize is a victory for the street as well as architecture
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OpinionAt last the government gets it; a more diverse housebuilding sector is the key to increasing supply
Government funding to help small builders deliver more homes is welcome but safeguards will be needed to ensure the land doesn’t end up in the hands of the volume housebuilders
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People in glasshouses shouldn't throw stones
Neo Bankside residents unhappy about being overlooked seemed to have forgotton that they overlook a neighbouring almshouse that has been there for 250 years
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OpinionTechnology ought not to be blindly embraced but filtered by human scale design and building processes
Architects must remember to apply environmental intelligence and ethical principles to design and not be swept aside by technological innovation says Leon Krier
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OpinionCan we justify stand-alone libraries any more?
John McAslan’s Camberwell library is a beautifully considered building but with a price tag of £2m perhaps it should have been part of a mixed-use scheme
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OpinionWhy Cambridge is beating Oxford in the planning race
Oxford’s housing crisis is down to its inability to plan for growth. Cambridge on the other hand is actively engaged with urban expansion, says Ben Flatman
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OpinionWhy the London Festival of Architecture struggles to make the headlines
The LFA fails to tap into the huge public appetite for inspiring design – the London Design Festival shows us how it can and should be done
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OpinionLet's use Brexit as a springboard to transform the creative sector
There’s no point regretting what’s happened - what we need now is an open debate about how to seize the opportunities, argues Alastair Donald
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OpinionI'm excited by the global prospects Brexit brings
We could see a new wave of Brits working beyond mainland Europe but there are pitfalls that all architects should be aware of …
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OpinionWe all have a duty to stand up to the toxic culture at architecture schools
As hundreds of first years begin part I, BD’s student columnist calls time on a pernicious academic attitude that has normalised suffering