All Opinion articles – Page 53
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OpinionCelebrity politics distracts us from the real issues
Terence Conran is the latest household name produced to camouflage the government’s lack of credibility on the built environment
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OpinionBritain should try the Red Viennese waltz
The government needs to learn from Vienna’s example of how to create inclusive social housing in city centres
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OpinionVenice Biennale is about ideas, not commerce
Corporate sponsorship could change the face of the British Pavilion -— if, that is, we can even attract it
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BD’s practice app has the answers to your tricky legal and financial questions
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OpinionCafé culture comes at a cost
Public spaces that were once open to all are now the sole preserve of those with money in their pockets
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OpinionIs the Olympic Stadium legacy’s first white elephant?
Despite West Ham’s bid, the venue’s popularity means it may be closed for many years to come
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OpinionLegacy needs to stand by its radical neighbours
The Olympic fringe Meanwhile projects set the agenda for a creative legacy and must not fail through lack of funding
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OpinionShameful silence on riots needs to end
When London awakes from its Olympic dream its profound problems will still be there
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OpinionBrady’s Olympic protest is far too little too late
Locog’s ban on marketing may be ludicrous. But why is the RIBA’s only response a publicity stunt when the Games are half over?
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OpinionCelebrating the architects of the Olympics - BD's first ever app only edition
This week BD launches its first ever app-only weekly edition to shine a spotlight on the architects who have been frozen out by the Olympics marketing rules
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OpinionThe flaming dandelion
By reinventing the question, Thomas Heatherwick has shown that the Olympic cauldron can be more than a bowl of fire on a stick
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OpinionFlying the flag for great British design
The Olympics tick a lot of boxes but it doesn’t represent the bulk of architects’ work
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OpinionLet’s bang the drum for round architecture
The Tate Tanks are the latest in a series of impressive circular structures
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OpinionLubetkin’s ideals have been replaced by extravagance
With more UK architects working abroad, the Lubetkin Prize should be growing in significance but at what cost to its original values?
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OpinionThe Stirling Prize: artificial austerity
This year’s shortlist reveals a fetish for the neo-modern slickness of concrete, glass and steel – but it is the building that pays attention to people that should win
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OpinionThe real Olympic effect is only just beginning
The Olympic Park is an extraordinary achievement, but even more impressive will be the slow regeneration of east London
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OpinionArchitects are drifting away from democracy
The profession’s aversion to interference may end up doing it harm
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OpinionBritish schools cannot compete
An exodus of teaching talent is part of the reason our schools are underperforming
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OpinionRIBA can’t walk away from Pleasure Gardens fiasco
Matchmaker role shouldn’t mean leaving young practices to sink or swim with inexperienced clients
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OpinionShard of class? It's the British way
Southwark’s new symbol of foreign wealth epitomises compromise and contradiction, but you have to bow to a brave statement