All Letters to the editor articles – Page 65
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OpinionWorld goes on
I did my part I year out in Eric Lyons’ office at the time World’s End was completing on site (BD Magazine November). Following the closure of Span, his studio was little more than one man and his dog. I was the dog.
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OpinionHere’s an idea on planning...
A host of architectural worthies has approved the planning bill’s stated ambition to prevent poor design (News November 21). Am I alone in seeing this as bound to fail? Rogers, Howarth and others ought to know better.
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Power problem
Do architects really want planning authorities to have even more power to interfere with design? What is the relationship between this idea and the article on the following page of BD last week, “Architects strike out over New Forest rejections”?
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Snuggle up
Smashing! After the president’s missive (News November 14), I feel so relieved and very cosy.
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Knuckle down
Last week’s advice on how to survive another recession left me wondering if the authors actually experienced the true depth of the recession in the early nineties.
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Two extremes
Two excellent articles (Opinion and Works, November 7) threw into stark relief both the quality and paucity of contemporary architectural projects.
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OpinionRIBA is here for you, with a plan
Thank you for reporting my proposal that a national programme of energy upgrade of the existing housing stock would be a highly effective way to invest public money to mitigate the effects of the recession (News November 14). How strange then, to mislead your readers by suggesting this constitutes the ...
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Do what, Prasad?
It was with great interest that I opened BD last week, especially as it promised “vital advice on how to stay afloat” and “[the] president’s way out of the recession”... timely advice indeed — or so I thought!
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Not so public
Your leader (October 24) suggests that the competition to choose an architect for Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier (not Palace Pier) was judged by the general public.
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OpinionAcademies rule
Owen Hatherley’s criticism that the academy schools programme is meretricious misses the point (Opinion October 31).
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OpinionArchitecture failed in Deptford
Isn’t BD missing the “elephant in the room” in its reporting of the Stephen Lawrence Centre fiasco (November 7)? Namely, a failure of architecture.
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Better plan
I would like to set straight some points raised in your news story “Berkeley Group chief blasts ‘secretive’ Cabe” (October 31).
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Centre priorities
The Stephen Lawrence Centre opened in February 2008, on time and on budget, which showed the level of strong management expertise and leadership.
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Renovate rebate
I would like to correct Ivor Hall’s comments on council tax rebates during renovation of empty properties (Letters October 31).
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OpinionBad baggage
I was delighted to read George Oldham’s assurance that progress has been made at Arb (Letters October 31).
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OpinionHousebuilders need our support
It is indicative of the gulf between architects and developers that your leader (October 30) assumes an economic downturn will somehow force housebuilders to think about how to deliver Cabe’s demands.
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How to win trust
Like Charlie Bunce (Debate October 31), I too was involved in the Castleford project, persuading poorly paid architects to take part and liaising with the community to help select preferred design partners.