All Opinion articles – Page 59
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OpinionLife beyond London
Peter Bishop’s vision of devolved design review is going to be hard to deliver but worth the struggle
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OpinionCities stand or fall on mediocrity
The standard of everyday buildings defines the architecture of the age
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OpinionDrifting away from the public
The proposed floating park along the Thames looks to be weakening the public realm rather than adding to it
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OpinionTo dream the unbuildable dream …
The glorious Dixon-Jones recreation, or reinvention, of Tatlin’s Tower in the courtyard of the Royal Academy is a reminder of just how haunting unbuilt projects are, or can be.
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OpinionWhy is this great architecture?
The judges have every right to award the Stirling to Hadid, but the opacity of their decision is harming the prize
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OpinionTory green rhetoric is a lot of hot air
The Conservative Party conference saw ministers pushing conflicting views on sustainability
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OpinionA considerably better school than Maxxi is an art gallery
I can’t say that I shared the widespread incredulity at the choice of Evelyn Grace Academy as winner of this year’s Stirling. The prize has surely long since lost its credibility as a reward for architectural merit.
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OpinionWangari Maathai
Africa’s leading female environmentalist held lessons for us all, says John McAslan
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OpinionAn architectural ceasefire?
The debates over working under Gaddafi are now done, but what about the future for the practices that are heading back to Libya?
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OpinionA home where the buffalo don’t roam
A painful modernisation scheme will see Ahmedabad’s riverside slums emptied and concreted over
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OpinionWhere is this war on red tape?
Despite many fine words, the government has not delivered on its promise to reduce regulation
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OpinionSuccess is all in the execution...
The shoddy application of good planning ideas has sold our towns and cities short
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OpinionPutting it into practice
Alex de Rijke’s appointment at the RCA heralds a welcome shift towards closer links between teaching and practice
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OpinionA developers’ plague on all our houses
This clumsy bid to streamline planning will bring a rash of crass, profitable ghettos
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OpinionPolicy is only half the story
The government ignores the need for investment and training in its eagerness to strip the red tape from the planning system
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OpinionNever have so many owed so much...
Discussions about planning policy reform risk getting bogged down in emotive rhetoric
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OpinionThe real cost of free schools
The government has just announced that the first 24 free schools are set to open in a couple of weeks, having involved a capital expenditure of somewhere between £110 and £130 million.
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OpinionWhen Delhi's Kingdom of Dreams is shut
India’s capital shows us the process of becoming a metropolis — and it isn’t pretty
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OpinionRight now, no one’s a winner
Adopting a new approach to competitions could save time and money – and offer better opportunities for young practices
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OpinionBuilding an escape from the ghetto
The results of the very rich living next to the very poor can be seen in Hackney and Clapham