All Opinion articles – Page 57
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OpinionDoes Part L 2013 spell death for renewables?
A focus on building fabric instead of renewables is the most cost effective approach for housing, says Mel Starrs
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OpinionWhen one design fits none
A new range of standardised school buildings is likely to fail on all counts
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OpinionThe future's green
This year’s Ecobuild is the biggest so far and the green agenda is more relevant than ever
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OpinionIt’s time Pickles settled the question
Liverpool Waters provides the perfect test case for establishing the trade-off between localism and growth
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OpinionIgnore workers’ conditions at your peril
Few in architecture today think much about the people who actually build buildings
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OpinionCan Cabe pass the test of supply and demand?
With only a year to prove itself, the design watchdog may struggle to create a commercial demand for its services
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OpinionEveryone likes a free lunch
The police are being questioned about hospitality paid for by journalists. But is it so different to what goes on at Mipim?
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OpinionJust give them a glimpse of something
At what point do architects stop responding to context?
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OpinionCultural education fails to embrace architecture
Staid principles leave schools’ teaching on the built environment lagging behind the other arts
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OpinionSnobbery and flawed logic fuel attack on Henry’s house
The former Arsenal star should be congratulated for his architectural decisions
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OpinionPedal power prelude to a more environmental agenda
That Downing Street is giving time to discussing bike safety exemplifies the growing attention being given to environmental issues
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OpinionLet architects design while the police tackle real crime
Police are needed on the streets, not telling architects what to do
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OpinionEngineers need a new team spirit
Confusion over the engineer’s role arises because our system only recognises single authorship
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OpinionEven Boris wouldn’t risk grands projets
The machismo of mayoral ambition has been reined in by times of austerity
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OpinionProblems that predate a design
Cambridge’s recent procurement study misses a central reason why buildings end up in disputes
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OpinionA lesson from post-industrial Kent
Industrial wreckage, pleasure boats and an art school make for a unique mixed-use development in Chatham
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OpinionRogers' broader education risks also being shallower
Architecture students have enough to learn in their first three years without further spreading the curriculum
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OpinionEngineered into ugliness
Dixon Jones’s shared space scheme on Exhibition Road points the way to the high street’s survival