All Opinion articles – Page 61
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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
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OpinionNow the gloves are off
Finally we can see what will happen to the schools sector in the wake of the James Review, and it isn’t pretty
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OpinionBDP and Preston got it right first time
The bus station is the firm’s, and the town’s, best loved building. So why are they both building a mall in its place?
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OpinionThe Chinese are coming
With Chinese firms beginning to crack London, is the balance of the industry about to shift?
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New museums offer an object lesson
Our focus now seems to be on museums rather than the exhibits on show inside
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OpinionThe price of independence
Maintaining public confidence in the planning system is key to the Big Society
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OpinionWhat is the architecture of localism?
Previous eras of political reform left their mark. So what will be the legacy of the Big Society?
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OpinionShop around for expertise
The revival of the high streets will depend on architectural vision as much as economics
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OpinionThe price of Scottish independence
Without the help of local councils, communal works are easier said than done
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OpinionA question of survival
The fate of Louis Sullivan’s work shows exactly why we must save Thomson’s Egyptian Halls
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Architects must lose the silo mentality
The profession’s indifference to the industrial icons of Buffalo shows its true detachment