All Opinion articles – Page 53
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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OpinionLubetkin’s ideals have been replaced by extravagance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
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OpinionSouthbank certificate is no surprise
Decision to give Archigram’s complex immunity from listing sends out all the wrong messages
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OpinionThe path to a lasting legacy
Without pedestrian access the Olympic Park will yield no benefits for the people of east London
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OpinionDesigning fear out of communities
Feeling safe in buildings and outside spaces could be all in the mind
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OpinionOnly the RIBA can put the prize back in the spotlight
If no broadcaster is going to bring the Stirling Prize to the public, the task falls to the institute itself
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OpinionProject managers are helping to block procurement reform
It’s time to take a stand against local authorities’ expectations that architects will work for free
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OpinionInterior design can speak volumes
What happens inside a building says a lot about the success of its architecture
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OpinionDon’t build this Dubai on the Mersey
Liverpool’s historic fabric survived because it was adaptable. Can the same be said for Liverpool Waters?
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OpinionDame Zaha should stand up for what she believes in
Hadid’s overbudget Aquatics Centre brought her a long overdue honour. Now both of them must prove their staying power
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OpinionLoopy designs reflect our age of crisis
Buildings like Johnson Burgee’s Bankia HQ and Kapoor’s Orbit can take on a new symbolism
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OpinionRIBA awards reflect a new realism
Fewer gongs are a result of the changing nature of British architecture