All Letters to the editor articles – Page 72
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Opinion
Mistaken identity
BD is publishing letters from readers who are unhappy at the RIBA reportedly “picking fights” with Arb and the ACA. They do not like to see their institute appear quarrelsome or aggressive.
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On the level
Your BRE story last week, illustrated with an image of Sheppard Robson’s Lighthouse, mentions that “it emerged that two of the prototype houses at the BRE’s Watford base, hailed as the future for zero-carbon development, had failed to meet the required construction standards”.
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Penalty point
As a student, I used to be admonished that a building’s purpose should be capable of interpretation from its appearance.
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Shorty shrift
I just don’t get you lot. You bang on about carbon-neutral this, and carbon footprint that, but when it comes to a sexy, decadent, wilful piece of unusable space, you can’t resist.
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OpinionArchitects must return to ethics
BD’s assembled captains of practice and the academy, (News analysis June 13) agree that education needs a new star, and sustainability is in their sights
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Sarky comment
Your leader and first news item on page 2 last week throw up an interesting question.
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Hopes dashed
I read the the story about EU-qualified staff now being able to work in the UK (News May 30) with high hopes, and dashed off to confirm with Arb that this finally puts an end to the issue of recognition of my Polish part I and II qualifications..
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We need heroes
The disgraceful treatment of Richard MacCormac’s practice by the BBC (News June 20) can only be understood in the broad context of the nationwide attack on the independent professions and their traditional role as a bulwark against the overweening power of the state and the market.
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Shock therapy
Every time the presidential campaign comes around, someone criticises the RIBA and the staff come over all shocked (News June 20).
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Turn it up
All that is necessary for bad men to succeed is that brave men do nothing... why shouldn’t presidential hopefuls confront the RIBA’s way of doing things — with top heavy committees looking after whose interest?
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Title bout
Further to your news item “Arb threatens ‘very ill’ architect” (June 6), I would like to express my sympathy for this gentleman’s circumstances.
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OpinionTesco will be our carbuncle
Thank you for highlighting the activities of Cabe over Tesco’s proposed store in Hadleigh, Suffolk (News June 6).
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Defining thought
The word sustainable or sustainability occurred no less than 15 times in the June 6 issue of BD.
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OpinionHis master’s hand
Tony Leitch’s contribution to the Robin Hood Gardens saga struck a chord (Letters May 23).
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Lead position
Amanda Baillieu’s leader of June 13 is good on the dilemma for architects in making their education more relevant. But she goes too far in assuming that no one cares who has the good ideas.
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Parry and thrust
The real trouble with Parry’s design for the Holburne (Solutions June 6) was Alexander Sturgis’s insistence on running the top gallery right through.
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Turner round
In abandoning the remarkable Snøhetta and Spence proposal for Turner Contemporary, Margate lost its opportunity to build a landmark regenerative project.
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OpinionOxford: address education costs
The Oxford Conference meets again on July 22-23 (News analysis June 6). Its title is 50 Years On — Resetting the Agenda for Architectural Education, but it completely overlooks the major issue facing education today: that of affordability.