All Letters to the editor articles – Page 4
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OpinionProposal more Arb than good
When I saw the headline “Arb’s qualifying revolution” ( News July 19 ) I hoped the article would reveal a long-awaited move to make qualifying as an architect easier.
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OpinionRogers' political cause is laudable
The guy’s alright. He’s 80. He’s had an amazing career (“Rogers: ‘ Architects need to take on politicians ’, News July 19).
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OpinionWe don't need another Rogers..
The fact that it is difficult to name a single successor to Richard Rogers’ public and political role ( Leader July 19 ) is not altogether a bad thing.
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OpinionKPF's record was a tall story
You said the proposed height increase at South Bank Tower by KPF could be a world first ( News July 12 ), but I know of at least one building, the Blue Cross HQ in Chicago, that nearly doubled the height of its existing building about seven years ago — ...
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OpinionTackle the real housing issues
I would suggest that the government’s policy of milking the building industry to bankroll local government is a more likely cause of stalled housing than “expensive” architects ( News July 12 ).
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OpinionStreets need a designer's eye
Your piece on the DCLG’s interim policy paper The Future of High Streets (“ Shops-to-homes bid could save high streets ” News July 12) reflects both an encouraging and a worrying development.
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OpinionWhy build a park on the Thames?
For a seafaring nation with such a coastline, it seems that our desire to bury the Thames beneath a wide-span artificial park (“ TfL prepares to spend £4m taking Heatherwick bridge to planning ”, July 12) belies the potential of the water as the most natural and readily available recreational ...
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OpinionCE marking isn't always in the mix
Readers of Cate St Hill’s article regarding the new Construction Products Regulation ( Management July 12 ) may be wondering how concrete supplied in a ready-mix truck can have a CE marking.
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OpinionLister is brewing up controversy
Readers may care to be reminded that it was while Edward Lister was in charge of Wandsworth Council that its officers and committee consented the dire “twin towers” scheme (32 and 42 storeys) on the grade II* listed Ram Brewery site in its most sensitive conservation area.
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OpinionTeach what our society needs
The problems of architectural education go deeper than the obsession with originality at all costs
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OpinionArchitects must take the blame for London's views
The undoing of London is the fault of we architects and perhaps some politicians — not planners or developers.
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OpinionHeritage scheme ensures stability
Marcus Binney, the eminent and passionate president of the pressure group SAVE, has, uncharacteristically, failed to grasp the facts behind the recently announced proposal to put the National Heritage Collection into a publicly owned charity ( Speaking Out July 5 ).
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OpinionJesmond library is fighting back
I was interested to read Owen Hatherley on public libraries ( BD June 14 )
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OpinionLondon Region needs a shake-up
The experience of the RIBA London southern region regarding an apparent confusion over the “prizewinning” (or not) setting of the Cutty Sark (Boots June 21) eerily reflects an experience that I had some years ago as the then representative of the London Region’s South London Society of Architects
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OpinionLet’s come clean about subsidies
Ron Heath’s point about affordable housing was well made ( Letters June 21 ) but we also need to define affordable housing.
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OpinionLarsen will be sorely missed
It was sad to learn of the death of Henning Larsen (News June 28) — he was an inspirational architect.
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OpinionTributes paid to Stansfield Smith
I had the privilege of working under Colin Stansfield Smith in Cheshire (where the county architect, incidentally, was not the inventor of the jet engine, Frank Whittle, but the former deputy to Hubert Bennett at the GLC, Jack Whittle).
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OpinionWestside story needs telling too
I noted with interest the coverage of RCKa’s TNG youth building in Sydenham ( Buildings June 21 ), not least because here at Ealing Council we have our own “ground-breaking” youth centre: Westside.
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OpinionGlasgow is no-go for proper design
The George Square fiasco ( News June 21 ) is just another example of a council that fails to see the value of designer-led quality intervention within the city.
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NewsColin Stansfield Smith: a gentleman with a mission
Jonathan Glancey recalls his memories of an elegant and well spoken yet radically driven architect