All Letters to the editor articles – Page 5
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OpinionHarrap's right on planning law
I enjoyed reading Life Class ( June 14 ) — sharp and witty. It goes to the core of the psychology of most architects, who care about architecture.
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OpinionSchools need a technical focus
I noticed that Neil Spiller is quoted as justifying the length of architecture courses by comparison with other professional training ( News June 7 ).
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OpinionBridging the education gap
When the day comes that the RIBA Silver or Bronze Medal is awarded for a cleverly thought out, beautifully articulated and well-detailed scheme for affordable housing, we will have started to bridge the gap between education and practice to the enrichment of both.
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OpinionAiming high on affordability
Your article ( News June 14 ) tells us that Boris Johnson promises 400,000 new homes in the capital in the next 10 years and goes on to tell us that he has a target of 40,000 affordable homes a year.
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OpinionMore housing for wrinkly workers
It is good to see BD’s concern to increase both the quantity and quality of housing for older people but your question for Roger Battersby and David Birkbeck ( Debate May 31 ) perpetuates a misleading assumption that care homes are the mainstay of what is needed.
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OpinionRIBA winner not a hollow victory
I would like to clarify your front page story and leader (June 7) on the McCarthy Stone competition run by the RIBA.
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OpinionHigh-rise holds the key to London’s housing crisis
I read with interest the article by Hank Dittmar in which he addresses the intensification of development in London ( Opinion, May 31 ).
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OpinionIt's called the Far East for a reason
Ellis Woodman refers to London as a “World Class City… west of Tokyo” ( Buildings May 31 ).
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OpinionAsbestos: still here, still lethal
I was troubled by Peter Caplehorn’s comment that asbestos is “a historic issue” ( Business May 24 ).
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OpinionMather's vision was key to plans
We wish to convey a point of clarification about your article claiming Rick Mather Architects was “too small” to handle US museum expansion ( bdonline May 29 ).
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OpinionShine new light on care homes
The living spaces in the “residents’ quarters” of 51N4E’s care home extension in Nevele, Belgium, are apparently designed to open onto the wide single-banked corridors ( Buildings May 17 ).
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OpinionOverappreciated London buildings
I couldn’t contain my amusement to see in your In the Gallery section of BD, an exhibition at the Design Museum titled A Celebration of Under-appreciated London Buildings.
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OpinionGive us the facts about asbestos
Please can we have more information about the deemed responsibility of architects in this distressing and dreadful matter (“ Architects count cost of asbestos ”, Business May 24).
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OpinionScience faces up to the future
I read the article on the future of classicism with interest ( News May 10 ).
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OpinionDesign review is key to success
Research that Broadway Malyan carried out last year affirmed that two-thirds of developers in our sample of 50 firms think that design review is important.
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OpinionCare homes are real homes too
One of the greatest challenges in designing a care home must surely be to empathise with the human condition at what is the most distressing stage of life — to create a “home” within an essentially institutional building typology.
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OpinionAn alternative route to study
The Centre for Alternative Technology in Wales offers an alternative part II course — which I am so happy with and actually enjoy ( Speaking Out May 24 ).
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OpinionSkateboarders are no sideshow
My son (Louis Tingle 1986-2004) spent the best part of his life at the Southbank skateboarders’ undercroft ( Debate May 17 ): perfecting his craft, making friends and participating in the most unique and diverse space in London.
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OpinionIs out-of-town out of time?
Retail habits are changing so fast that even the retailers are not sure what will happen next ( Speaking Out May 17 ).
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OpinionEverything in the Gardens is rosy
Gillian Darley writes an interesting piece ( Opinion May 17 ), but her fears for the decline of the Festival Gardens are unfounded.