All Letters to the editor articles – Page 21
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How to design an art school
I was one of the first students to study in Casson/Cadbury-Brown’s Royal College of Art buildings in the early sixties.
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We should be diplomatic about our embassies
It’s good to see the Foreign & Commonwealth Office finally getting over the loss of its 19th century empire and recognising its much diminished role (“Anger as US firms chosen for embassy framework” News October 28).
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The darker side of King’s Cross
Richard Wentworth (Buildings October 21) says the King’s Cross granary building “has scrubbed up well”.
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Good cities value the everyday
I agree with Owen Hatherley (Opinion October 21) that the standard of everyday buildings defines the architecture of the age. I wish I understood, however, why architects seem to have so little admiration for the everyday
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Mainstream buildings do not need design reviews
The problems with design reviews go deeper than those mentioned in your leader (October 21). Very few new buildings could be scrutinised in this labour-intensive way — all conceivable paymasters are skint. But even if widespread design review could somehow be afforded, it still isn’t the answer.
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Setting the Yaya record straight
RA Projects was recently short-listed for the BD Young Architect of the Year Award 2011 (News October 7).
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Leave personal politics out of it
I don’t give a flying fandango what political views Imre Makovecz held, and don’t think anyone but his clients should either.
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Foster is on shaky ground
Norman Foster’s Jerusalem project sounds exciting (World News September 30), but there are reservations to participating in this scheme.
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An elegy for Steve Jobs
I was invited to Ron Herron’s office when he was given the first Apple Macintosh to play with, providing he would allow potential purchasers to view his work.
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Healthcare facilities need the best designers
Just 40 years ago, in 1971, similar buildings to the Glasgow Maggie’s Centre (Buildings October 7) were built as “homes” for young disabled people then living out their lives in geriatric hospital wards.
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Haven't we seen this before?
To quote Jeremy Dixon on his Tatlin’s Tower sculpture (News October 14) “it’s an enduringly interesting monument that has only existed as rather obscure drawings and models in the past”.
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Locals oppose Aberdeen plans
According to Malcolm Reading (Letters September 23), Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen is “an architectural accident that wasn’t planned”.
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NHS can also put patients first
I’m not sure about your conclusion that we need to take lessons from the UK private sector (“A private prescription for the NHS” Leader October 7).
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Making light of Makovecz views
I found your obituary of Imre Makovecz (Culture September 30) rather beguiling.
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Better storage is key to living in smaller homes
David Birkbeck makes some excellent points (Letters September 30).
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Credit us for reviving Stratford
It is a shame your feature on the emerging buildings in Stratford (Buildings September 23) disregarded the bigger picture of the achievement this group of buildings represents.
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PQQ problems are clients' fault
I can’t believe any client needs to spend £70,000 to assess something of this value, and the costs of pre qualification seem to be confused with those of tenders.