All Letters to the editor articles – Page 50
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Opinion
Structural fault
Your correspondent Liam Kellehar (Letters October 9) tells us that Spanish architectural courses have a structural engineering requirement, with the capacity to design steel and reinforced concrete structures, something that should be incorporated in England
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Gender solutions
Re: “Reed vows to fight for students and women” (News October 9), I am a female architect who has stuck it out for over 25 years, and at times it has been very unpleasant; my lovelife was even pried into at one job interview
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OpinionManchester guardians
I am sure that I won’t be the first to point out that the photograph in your article on Gateway House in Manchester (News October 9) depicts the wrong building
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OpinionUtility integrity
When was the last time a sub-station attained this level of design —or press, or debate? (Works October 9)
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OpinionBetter training, better decisions
It may well be that many councillors who sit on planning committees have no prior knowledge or training in any aspect of the built environment and are ill equipped to pass judgment on schemes that come before them
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Opinion
Correction: 02 October 2009
Our review of Land Architecture People (Culture September 25) described co-curator Clare Melhuish as a critic
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Opinion
Alsop sadness
You know you’ve hit rock bottom when your best option is to become part of the “world domination” team of RMJM (News October 2)
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OpinionArched feat
Your coverage of the plan to rebuild the Euston Arch omits a key fact: the new arch is proposed in the wrong place (it was never in Euston Square but a couple of blocks to the north)
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Opinion
CPD rules Europe
Paula Mendez (Letters October 2) is wrong to state that qualifying in Spain takes less time than in England.
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Opinion
Failing to foster
For institutional and regulatory reasons, and with some important exceptions, the huge creative opportunity presented by the games has not been adequately used to harness and promote young and emerging design talent.
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OpinionVictim of success
It was sobering that the only attractive illustration in your article on the West Riding (Urban Trawl October 2) was Frank Matcham’s restored County Arcade in Leeds
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OpinionDon't catch the British disease
Amanda Baillieu (Leader September 25) condemns Crossrail as a project “destined to go down as the bargain basement version of the hugely admired Jubilee Line extension”
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Opinion
Challenge Arb
I share Jasmine Blood’s concern over the iniquity of the current system for registering architects, which seems to unfairly favour EU registrants at the expense of UK students (Letters September 25)
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Opinion
Cross purposes
I disagree fundamentally with your assertion (Leader September 25) that Crossrail will not be a project the mayor will want to be remembered for and that there is a lack of architectural ambition on the project. Also the headline “Crossrail design disappoints Cabe” (News September 11) was misleading as it ...
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OpinionOne in the eye
Although it is fantastic to see a medical building evolving from the norm, I can’t help but think Toh Shimazaki’s eye surgery (Works September 25) looks pretty nasty as a piece
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Opinion
Why study here?
I completely agree with Jasmine Blood (Letters September 25). If EU students want to register as architects in the UK, they should go through part III as UK students do. By not doing so, Arb is not only failing to protect the public but this is also detrimental to our ...
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Opinion
We’ll do the math
I wish to clarify the situation regarding the authorship of the masterplan for the former Radcliffe Infirmary site in Oxford (News analysis September 18)
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OpinionCladding is not just skin deep
To answer Owen Hatherley’s rather naive question about over-cladding older residential tower blocks (Opinion September 18), most residential blocks have to be refurbished and upgraded with residents in place.
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Opinion
A holy bond
Regarding your story on Canterbury Cathedral’s window facing collapse (News September 18), where can I buy that duct tape?
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Opinion
Dress the part
As a part II student studying for the RIBA part III examinations in order to be registered as an architect, I was shocked to find out that an EU student can gain entry to the register by simply demonstrating four years of academic qualification and two years of professional experience