All Opinion articles – Page 83
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A holy bond
Regarding your story on Canterbury Cathedral’s window facing collapse (News September 18), where can I buy that duct tape?
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Stirling rethink
How about introducing more categories to the Stirling Prize — best individual house, best education building, best conservation project?
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Fretton focus
I don’t see why being a Frettonite should inhibit your appreciation of other people’s buildings (“RIBA denies claims of Stirling favouritism”, August 28)
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Fees failure
In his article (Opinion August 28) Paul Morrell applauds the virtues of the RIBA Plan of Work. I fully endorse his comments but would add a caveat
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OpinionKeeping up with Cambridge
Before the recession hit, Cambridge was expanding at an enormous rate
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Beyond vodka
Your feature “Is there life after architecture?” (News analysis August 28) is really helpful, but we can’t all become fashion designers or invent a new type of vodka
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OpinionHidden agenda
Architecture can be quite annoying. Is the taste of the designer, the lack of knowledge of the developer or the government liable for schemes such as Rafael Viñoly’s revised Battersea Power Station scheme (News September 4)?
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OpinionPall Mall palled
That Peter Davey of all people writes in praise of New Zealand House I find surprising (BD Magazine June)
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OpinionJury still out on Stirling Prize
Building Design should know better than to uncritically repeat the charges of favouritism being levied at the Stirling Prize jury by the most predicable chorus
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A Poultry effort
Should you ever consider instating such a thing as a Carbuncle Lifetime Achievement Award, I’d like to nominate the pink and off-white monstrosity Peter Palumbo erected in place of the Mappin & Webb Building at 1 Poultry.Chris Gregory via bdonline
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Carbuncle bungle
There can be no argument that contemporary architecture in Aberdeen — one of the UK’s wealthiest cities — is irredeemably awful
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Big guns out
Your leader and Peter Murray’s letter on Chelsea Barracks (August 14) have their facts wrong. Many of the facts can be found in our letter of July 17
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Words of wisdom
In Arb’s recent eBulletin we are told that according to its new code, which has been two years in the making, architects should do the following
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OpinionTrinity's team
Boots (August 14) attributes the design of Trinity Square (the Get Carter car park) solely to Rodney Gordon. That is incorrect.
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Stirling rethink
I agree with Will Alsop (Debate July 31): the Stirling Prize should be about building design
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OpinionWork smarter, not harder
I was sorry to read Mario Sua Kay’s letter (August 14) regarding your leader on holidays and of the impact Mario’s workload is having on his health
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OpinionMarket forces
You state that Hopkins’ plans for Greenwich Market are on course to be approved (bdonline August 21). Is Greenwich Council mad?
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Scots exodus
On the face of it Owen Hatherley’s article is quite a damning and thorough critique on Glasgow. But it fails to mention the residential and educational work in the city of Elder & Cannon, the excellent Beatson Institute by Reiach & Hall and the regeneration of the Merchant City