All Letters to the editor articles – Page 25
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Opinion
Civilised society will back Shelter
Having been involved in the planning and design of state-aided public housing since 1945, I totally support Campbell Robb of Shelter (Debate June 10) in his case for more council housing.
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Broader range of council tenants may end stigma
The assertion by Richard Wellings of the Institute of Economic Affairs that “subsidising” housing is as dangerous as other aspects of the welfare state (Debate 10 June) – presumably the education and health services on which most of us rely – in breeding “welfare dependency” shows an inadequate level of ...
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OpinionLubetkin luxury starting to wane
I did some research into the Hallfield Estate for Westminster City Council six years ago (“Architecture minister lists Lubetkin estate in Paddington” bdonline June 10).
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Home improvements
AHMM and Maccreanor Lavington are excellent practices with extensive experience of housing.
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Crowds coming to Farringdon
Terry Farrell (Life Class June 3) puts forward an interesting proposition for the reuse of Smithfield Market.
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BSF fees failures are down to RIBA
For the RIBA to claim that some “fees were not adequate to sustain office and staffing costs” (“Reed sticks up for BSF firms accused in Sunday Times article” bdonline June 13) is an absolutely mindblowing admittance of failure!
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Broadgate plan misses a trick
One aspect of Broadgate has not, to my knowledge, yet been raised – and it is related to the fact that the part of the site in question was a railway station until 1985 (“City rails against Broadgate listing” News June 10).
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It's time to make yourself useful
The localism bill presents a new challenge for professionals – and probably bureaucrats too.
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RTPI needs to face up to reality
It is pretty hilarious that the president of the RTPI still believes that planning permissions are decided on the issues alone (Debate May 20).
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OpinionTruly public space is at the heart of citizenship
Dare I ask what Crispin Kelly finds objectionable about “exercising [one’s] role as citizen”? (Debate June 3).
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Arb punishment is a mild rebuke
It would be interesting to know what the complainants think of Arb’s decisions in its conduct cases (“Arb issues £3,000 fine for Sussex architect” News June 3) as they always seem to result in no more than a mild rebuke and a paltry fine.
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OpinionProof of value of apprenticeship
English Heritage recently produced a list of all the listed buildings in the country, from which BD highlighted the 10 architects with the greatest number of buildings included (bdonline May 23).
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Education needs a total rethink
After a three-year degree, part I graduates are pretty much useless to most practices as anything other than cad operators (“Cost of studying architecture ’tops £88,000’”, bdonline May 26).
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OpinionPotters Fields shows the dangers of privatisation
The privatisation of semi-judicial services, notably planning control, is problematic in several ways.
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Don't overlook Croydon's past
Owen Hatherley invites readers to consider more seriously places which many people simply scorn (Urban Trawl May 20).
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Broadgate was Coventry's heart
My grandparents lived in Coventry and in the 1950s and 1960s and I used to visit them.
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Broadband must be beautiful too
It is encouraging to see one major infrastructure provider in the form of National Grid working with the RIBA and DECC to improve the design of the electricity pylon (“Minister stresses role of design in energy plans”, News May 27 ). Isn’t it time BT’s Openreach and other broadband providers ...
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OpinionLevete's tower is in wrong place
The design of the proposed Shoreditch tower (“Local fury over Levete’s Shoreditch plan” News May 13) is a characteristically elegant response from Amanda Levete Architects, but in the wrong location.
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A vital distinction
There needs to be a distinction between the country and its regime (Architects accused of silence over Ai Weiwei, News, May 20).
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Localism is open to corruption
The localism bill is a bit like the idea of communism, a social ideal that sounds great till you involve people (“Planners ’appalled’ at cash for permissions proposal” bdonline May 20).