All Opinion articles – Page 60
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OpinionWill riots reshape our cities?
The past week’s events highlight the fact that a large minority is still excluded from the urban renaissance dream.
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OpinionEvery little independent victory helps
Modern or traditional – if a design is at odds with the local ethos it makes no difference
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AnalysisBack to normal?
At the end of a week that has witnessed the UK’s worst scenes of civil unrest in decades, urban planning expert Wouter Vanstiphout reflects on what the violence may mean for the future of Britain’s cities.
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OpinionTime to play the long game
The success of the Olympic project is about far more than next year’s three-week extravaganza
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OpinionTime is often the harshest critic
Completion dates may be the only things separating Stirlings from Carbuncles
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OpinionTicking all the wrong boxes
Hull University’s pre-qualification questionnaire shows how innovation is stifled in British architecture.
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OpinionArchitecture is dissolving into air
The tension between the permanent and the ephemeral is now central to all architecture
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OpinionThis Stirling shortlist favours the safe and generic
The usual suspects are once again honoured at the expense of truly stirring architecture.
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OpinionWhere is the masterplan?
Design Council Cabe’s efforts to cobble together a joint strategy for Vauxhall Cross are too little too late
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OpinionBeware starchitects bearing gifts
Much-vaunted showpiece schemes can often become a front for sneaking bad buildings in under the radar
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OpinionGenius can be a team effort
As the row over 30 St Mary Axe shows, building authorship is usually the result of a shared culture
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OpinionCreed has lit up the Scotsman Steps
An artistic intervention has succeeded in transforming a less than pleasant journey
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OpinionFinally some good news
The plans to relax use class orders promise some intriguing opportunities for architects
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OpinionNY’s High Line can raise our aims too
Britain could create walkways like the High Line – out of old infrastructure or within new buildings
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OpinionRoads to nowhere
Glasgow’s future lies in its 19th century grid plan not its 1960s motorways
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Pylons embody our electric dreams
Infrastructure is part of our past, present and future, whether we like it or not — so let’s make the best of it
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OpinionCould tough times spell the end of Archaos?
There is a sense that students want a national student body with a wider membership
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Too much novelty leaves us nowhere
The character of Vienna’s streets, proves that original design doesn’t always have a place
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OpinionLearn from experience
Trainees are becoming ever more flexible as they seek opportunities. Our assessment system should do the same