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What’s the use of facts?

United Kingdom Architecture News - Nov 19, 2014 - 13:04   3404 views

What’s the use of facts?

Architectural Review Asia Pacific invites you to contribute an article, a project review or to nominate a candidate for either. Be a part of the fascinating architectural discourse shaping the profession today!

We’re offering you the opportunity to contribute an article, a project review or to nominate a likely suitor for either. As with all issues of the magazine, the last page is reserved for a preview on the issue to come. In AR138–Margins (on sale December 2014) you will see a preview to AR139. Here is the text. Take a look and see if anything springs to mind.

“Former US President Richard Nixon addressed the nation on August 15, 1973 in regard to the Watergate investigations, believing that ‘full disclosure of the facts’ would render him unimpeachable. Needless to say, his edited version of the ‘facts’ did not prevent his demise and yet the current political context again yearns for full disclosure and greater transparency. A prescient example is funding disclosure thresholds.

However public scrutiny is now infinitely more difficult, with the flow of information and critical commentary significantly controlled.....Continue Reading

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