All Opinion articles – Page 36
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OpinionWhatever happened to planning in London?
On the fourth anniversary of the Localism Act, planning has never felt less local, argues Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionPublic apathy in the Stirling Prize is a critical issue for architecture
Biggest night in the architectural calendar? Unfortunately, writes BD’s student columnist, the public barely noticed
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OpinionPink zones to lighten planning red tape
Relaxing planning rules would help create a new generation of George Fergusons and Bennie Grays, argues Hank Dittmar
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OpinionDesigning better workplaces
Well-designed offices get colleagues talking. Just ask the tech firms, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionFight for our rights of way
Redevelopment can mean cherished routes are cut off once work is finished. Gillian Darley bemoans a worrying trend
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OpinionMaterial evidence
The first of the Royal Academy’s Meaning in Materials series took the audience from specification guides to the moon and back, writes Joanna Day
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OpinionRaising the curtain on creativity
Miya Ushida explains why a mentoring charity in King’s Cross is the perfect partner for the Kathryn Findlay Future Fund, set up in her mother’s memory
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OpinionSo, why do you want to be an architect?
A generation gap separates first-year architecture students from part IIs, finds BD’s student columnist
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OpinionStirling Prize: A new age of civic building?
The endearing normality of Haworth Tompkins’ victorious Everyman Theatre embodies a renewed civic spirit
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OpinionGet your own house in order first, RIBA
RIBA needs to clean up its act on competitions before it tells others how to do it, says Amanda Baillieu
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OpinionNarrow views lead us down a cul-de-sac
The sort of housing people want has changed enormously and house builders need to take note, says BD columnist Hank Dittmar
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OpinionIt's time the Stirling Prize celebrated function as well as form
It’s madness to honour a building that looks great but performs badly, argues engineer John Deasy
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OpinionVenturing east of the border
Gillian Darley visits one of the least-known parts of the kingdom, 20 miles from the M25
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OpinionThe provincial towns we jog round
The Scottish referendum shows that we must stop our London obsession, argues BD’s student columnist
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OpinionScotland's Aladdin
Alex Salmond and the yes campaign lost their battle for an independent Scotland - but by letting the genie of devolved powers out of the bottle, they did us all a favour, says former RIBA president Jack Pringle
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OpinionGive us the land and we'll solve the housing crisis ourselves
There’s never been a better time to tell politicians what we want, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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OpinionWorries over towers miss the point
Super-dense schemes can work in London as long as they reinforce street spaces, says Ben Derbyshire
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OpinionPoint of departure
People once flocked to Folkestone. Amanda Baillieu wonders whether an empty, windswept site holds the key to turning the end-of-the-line town in Kent back into a destination.
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OpinionHousing the UK is an opportunity not a crisis
We have enough homes but they’re owned by the wrong people, argues BD’s student columnist
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OpinionFinally, some smart thinking about Garden Cities
BD columnist Hank Dittmar lauds Urbed’s prize-winning plans and urges politcians to do likewise