All Letters to the editor articles – Page 39
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Correction: 11 June 2010
Contrary to our story on page 2 last week, there is no current threat of redundancies at Nightingale Associates following its sale to Canadian firm, IBI Group. BD would like to apologise for the error.
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OpinionGrand designs
David Nixon’s piece on the International Space Station (Works June 4) was just brilliant. Great pictures and layout
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Less than zero
BD June 4: zero-carbon 28 unit affordable housing at Basildon, £5.7 million pound development (News)
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OpinionLet’s nurture nature
I know architects are supposed to prize architecture above all, but some of us are concerned about agriculture too; concerned enough not to condone a glib formalistic view of how crops should be raised and animals husbanded
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Upwardly mobile
Regulation-free or child-free zone? Please, have some respect for the kids of today (Letters May 21).
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OpinionPricey principles
Your report on Tooley & Foster’s “zero carbon”housing in Basildon (News June 4) made my eyebrows shoot upwards so far that Nasa is thinking of using them as replacement shuttles to the International Space Station
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Technical terms
Architectural “draughtsmen” did not get together to form their own organisation (Letters May 28)
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Fantasy world
Peter Phillips (Letters May 28) was not on council when I presented new board proposals and he evidently misunderstands its role
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Interesting times
We learn from Peter Phillips (Letters May 28) that unelected officers sit on several boards with full voting rights
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London matters
I must correct a number of factual inaccuracies referred to by Azar Djamali (Letters May 28)
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Play by the rules
I can confirm that I asked on more than one occasion for some personal intervention by two presidents and the current CEO to speak to Azar Djamali to at least hear her side of the story
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OpinionRevisit the reshuffle
Ed Vaizey and John Penrose are ministers under the secretary of state at the Department for Culture Media & Sport
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Riverside views
I was alarmed to read (News May 28), that Guy’s Hospital tower, which has for decades been a powerful south London landmark, had moved along the river to the St Thomas’ Hospital site. However, when I looked for it today “opposite the Houses of Parliament”, strangely it had disappeared. Please ...
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OpinionWhy I resigned as London chair
As the former chairman of London Region, I wish to make clear the circumstances that lead to my resignation on April 29 this year
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One size fits all
Following my letter published in BD May 14, I would like to clarify that I intended a general comment in agreement with the request by RIBA Council for declarations of interest to include all memberships of associations, clubs, and professional memberships
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Beware of cads
I read with interest the debate about sketching versus computer-generated images (Debate May 21).
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Correction
In our report on the RIBA Awards (News May 21), Walter Hall Primary School should have been credited to Architecture MK, Milton Keynes Council.
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No pain, no gain
Many years ago, architectural draughtsmen – who were doing the architect’s work for him, and felt they were in fact propping him up on the technical side – got the hump.