All Letters to the editor articles – Page 14
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OpinionDon't judge by image alone
Apologies to all who might be offended by the images published in BD (News July 6).
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OpinionDon’t write off modern Bristol
While it is true that, as Rob Gregory says, Bristol has not figured highly in the annals of contemporary architecture since around 1907 (Culture June 22), as the joint organiser of two recent one-day tours of “modern” architecture in Bristol for the Twentieth Century Society, I would not want anyone ...
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OpinionStop sniping at local planners
It makes good copy, of course, but Apec Architects’ Ken Fisher’s views on what he perceives to be the failings of his local planning authority do him, and his profession, a disservice (News June 29).
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OpinionA simple plaque would suffice
Bryan Avery (Letters June 29) obviously has not seen the recent critical comments of Liam O’Connor’s Bomber Command memorial design by Brian Sewell and Simon Jenkins in the Evening Standard and Ross Clark in the Times — as well as Gillian Darley (Opinion June 8).
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OpinionRIBA is colluding in this free-for-all
Your front page story and leader (June 29) state that the RIBA has complained to the prime minister about project managers offering architects’ services for free, whiletaking a management fee for arranging design competitions.
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OpinionStyle over substance
After reading all the recent angry correspondence about the Bomber Command memorial (Letters June 15), I did a detour to see it last week.
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OpinionThe camera sometimes lies
In retirement here in a somewhat remote valley in the Scottish Borders I have only just seen Hugh Strange’s appreciative review of Gerald Adler’s book on my practice’s work.
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OpinionRetrofitting has mixed potential
Good quality pilot retrofit projects are urgently needed across the country.
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OpinionPlanners need aesthetic skills
Stephen Gleave, chair of the Royal Town Planning Institute, is still asserting that the planners are the aesthetic police
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OpinionUse public cash for Battersea
Since Lloyds Bank, Battersea Power Station and the Olympics are all in the public domain, there is a way for the government to kick-start the economy and the building industry and provide a lasting positive use.
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OpinionMake Glasgow green again
With a reducing population, Glasgow (Leader June 15) should concentrate all of its developments around a number of the strongest urban nodes.
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OpinionHadid can learn from Stockholm
As an avid reader of BD I was interested to read of the possible purchase by Zaha Hadid of the old Design Museum
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OpinionShard will erase local character
Renzo Piano’s reference to the history of Southwark in his RIBA talk about the Shard is a smokescreen (News June 15).
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OpinionGreen Park memorial sparks a war of words
Readers respond to Liam O’Connor Architects’ colonnade commemorating Bomber Command
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OpinionReview the RIBA president's role
The RIBA does not need a glamorous president alive with sound bites (Letters 25 May) but one with the authority as head of the profession elected by its members to guide policy and speak out on issues that concern architects.
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OpinionUrban ideas are still out there
In response to Wouter Vanstiphout’s appeal for leftish urban visions (Opinion May 25), we could start with a whole host of ideas, not all of them from the left.
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OpinionToilet doors are sign of the times
Your review of O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Photographers’ Gallery (Buildings May 25), neglected to mention an aspect that attracted comment at the opening night.
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OpinionGames come at a cost for Hadid
Zaha Hadid complains that she has not received any tickets for the Olympics (News 25 May).
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OpinionElliott School's last chance
As a parent at Elliott School (Letters May 18) since 2002 and a governor since 2006, I have spent many hours championing this remarkable building.
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OpinionShell Centre plan is too crowded
Plans for the Shell Centre (News 25 May) represent a considerable overdevelopment, crowding Howard Robertson’s elegant classical tower and blocking river views from the new public square.