All Opinion articles – Page 34
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OpinionLondon should look to Paris for inspiration
Mipim showed our booming capital still has much to learn, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionEthical architecture is no simple matter
The right course of action is a matter for the individual, says Paul McGrath
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OpinionWhen it comes to housing, small is beautiful
Small plots, small builders and small architects. The next government must open the market if it wants to solve the housing crisis, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionHarnessing the other 50%
Three leading architects discuss the way women are shaping our cities
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OpinionThe inestimable value of a good client
Gillian Darley mourns the widening chasm between architect and client and charts the history of a critical relationship
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OpinionIs selling the industry to the public a good idea?
Amanda Baillieu says a new advertising campaign by the AIA might not be the right thing
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OpinionMy education has been pretty useful, actually
Our student columnist Eleanor Jolliffe takes issue with some of the RIBA’s recent findings
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OpinionCan architecture reclaim the lost territory of the good ordinary?
Hank Dittmar says the profession needs to get better at the mundane
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OpinionSetting up an office in Mongolia
In her final dispatch from Ulan Bator, Tanja Smith is ready for her next challenge – heading up Gradon Architecture’s new Mongolian office
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OpinionHow buildings sit in their landscape
Gillian Darley on using surroundings to frame architecture
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OpinionArchitecture is the loser if we censor history
Monographs contribute to the marginalisation of the profession, argues Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionWhy even listing can't preserve the dynamism of our working lives
Architecture Foundation chair Simon Allford, whose Angel Building was shortlisted for the Stirling Prize, hails English Heritage’s office listing bonanza
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Opinion'Listing buildings is not like stamp collecting - you can't have one by every architect'
As 14 post-war office buildings are listed, experts give their verdicts
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OpinionSpace: The final frontier
Our understanding of the kinds of workspaces employees require is changing and this will result in offices that are more flexible and responsive to the varied needs of their occupiers, says DTZ’s James Maddock
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OpinionStyle wars are irrelevant when architecture is reduced to floor-plate cladding
Architects should stop bashing each other and concentrate on the real enemy, says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionFear and loathing in our cities
Should architects and planners be defending us from terrorists, asks BD’s student columnist
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OpinionOur challenges for the year ahead
Gillian Darley hopes she’s not being optimistic in wanting 2015 to deliver content over style
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OpinionWhy space standards are a bad thing for the housing crisis
Delivering better homes requires a subtler approach than the blunt instrument advocated by the RIBA, argues Paul McGrath
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OpinionMongolia - where it's normal for the boss to be a woman
In her third dispatch from Ulan Bator, Tanja Smith suggests one way UK construction firms could learn from their Mongolian counterparts
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OpinionA season of goodwill and peace to all men?
Eleanor Jolliffe reports from a building at the crossroads of history