All Opinion articles – Page 62
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OpinionIt was acceptable in the 80s
Osborne’s new enterprise zones reflect the misplaced belief that planning is the enemy of development
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OpinionLandlords like Gaddafi won’t drop rents
New squatting laws and benefit cuts aren’t going to make the private rental sector effective
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OpinionWho can afford localism?
Neighbourhood plans will only be as local as the people that pay for them
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OpinionWhat is the true value of education?
It’s time we realised that architecture degrees aren’t simply career launch pads
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OpinionLocal identity is the least of it
Grant Shapps’ Legoland comments are to be applauded, but we’ve got bigger problems than contextual sensitivity
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OpinionRemember the past, but don’t repeat it
The government threat to stop funding Unesco shows a tortured relationship with conservation
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OpinionWinter’s words should leave us cold
John Winter is wrong to tar all our ’modern’ architects with the same brush
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OpinionBack to the drawing board
Architecture schools need to rethink more than business skills training if the profession is to survive
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OpinionThe only certainty is change
A new report spells out how the profession must learn to adapt to survive
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OpinionBe careful whose nation you build
The Libyan crisis highlights the dangers of doing business with dictators
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OpinionCabe must adapt to survive
In the face of a funding conundrum, the quango needs to embrace reinvention.
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for, Dave
The government might get more than it bargains for from the Big Society
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OpinionA purpose far beyond books
Libraries provide communities with a vital physical infrastructure, so closures sit ill with the notion of the Big Society.
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OpinionClosing the libraries is just the start
Localism seems to require a near impossible suspension of disbelief
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OpinionGove cannot go it alone
The government announced last week that Building Schools for the Future is to be replaced by a programme within which all projects will be based on one of six standardised templates.
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OpinionInitiatives need solid foundations too
Stop-start policy-making can never make for good architecture
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NewsDavid Chipperfield: ‘In London there is no discussion about what the city should look like’
On the eve of the 2011 RIBA Gold Medal presentation, this year’s winner gives Ellis Woodman a preview of his lecture
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OpinionHousebuilding’s catch-22
In order to cut building costs, the industry needs to spend on technical innovation
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OpinionWhat is the problem with the prince?
Prince Charles’s environmental aims are those you’d want in a developer. So what is it that rankles?
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OpinionModern methods stumble
The Oxley Woods u-turn only shows that prefabricated housing must be built on a bigger scale to be economically viable.