All Letters to the editor articles – Page 7
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OpinionPharmaceuticals for all but Foster
It appears ageist comments have slipped through the back door ( Boots April 19 ).
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OpinionThatcher's support
To the question: did Margaret Thatcher make a positive contribution to British architecture?
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OpinionThatcher’s door led nowhere
So Thatcher “opened the door for young architects” ( News April 12 )?
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OpinionThis should mean curtains for Cabe
Reported comments on the Shell Centre proposals ( News April 12 ) tend to confirm that Cabe is, in its diminished form, incapable of speaking with authority on urban design matters.
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OpinionChipperfield: BD is toying with our livelihoods
Two weeks ago we published a story about directors leaving David Chipperfield’s practice and a comment piece by Amanda Baillieu - here is Chipperfield’s response…
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Opinion2:1 students need some one-to-one
As a Year 6 student weeks away from final hand-in, I am ever more concerned about where all of us are going to be this time next year.
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OpinionReading, writing and road safety
Am I too soon to nominate this sombre red brick block with scatter-gun fenestration for the Carbuncle Cup? I prefer the uniform serenity of the parent building.
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OpinionFarrell & Vaizey face a tough task
You’re too churlish about the Farrell Review ( Leader March 28 ).
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OpinionGeffrye interiors transcend class
I am quoted as saying I had “no interest in the culture of the labouring classes” ( News April 5 ).
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OpinionFirst a European YAYA, then AYA?
In light of the news that the Young Architect of the Year Award is now to be opened up to Europe ( News March 15), I felt, as I am both young and an architect, that I might offer some thoughts.
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OpinionArchitects must lead school team
Marginalisation in school design means architects are now “plan drawers” engaged by contractors, rather than strategists and design team leaders (News March 28).
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Time to get rid of the greenwash
Our industry has a major role to play in the UK’s transition to a low-carbon society (Opinion February 24) and I often wonder how others view our actions here.
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OpinionIs Chipperfield a 1960s dinosaur?
I am appalled at the illustration of Chipperfield’s Elizabeth House proposal (Debate March 28).
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OpinionHome is where the legislation is
The new “bedroom tax” fails to address the apparent contradiction implicit in this piece of legislation when compared with the requirement that all publicly funded housing should achieve a “Lifetime Homes” standard.
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OpinionLet's talk about school design
Sunand Prasad is right about the “ missed chance ” that is UK school design (News March 28).
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OpinionAll not rosy in Garden Museum
Our procurement system is seriously questionable when a good architect with an existing relationship with a client must re-tender for its own project while wasting the time of a whole raft of others.
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OpinionSelf-build must look to Japan
Good to see self-build being promoted at the moment (News March 28), as seen in the recent Policy Exchange report.
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OpinionA Pritzker Prize keeps you young
It seems that pursuing an architectural career in Japan keeps one in fine fettle, judging from the photo of 71-year-old Toyo Ito ( News March 22 ).
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OpinionEuropan doesn’t work well in UK
Europan is an excellent forum for innovative housing and urban planning ( “Europan is no more” bdonline March 19 ).
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OpinionPoliticians take up pub cause
It is with a great sense of relief that I can report that the issue of pub losses is right at the front of the political agenda, finally ( bdonline January 21 ).