All Letters to the editor articles – Page 77
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OpinionOur record's a hit
Further to Frank Duffy’s remarks on whether the UK does enough to promote British design (Debate February 15), the British Council doesn’t need to be persuaded about the importance of architecture in promoting the UK abroad.
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OpinionRIBA: proud of our brand
I read last week’s BD at my Knoll kitchen table as I ate my Scott’s Porage Oats which I selected over Kellogg’s Corn Flakes.
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Design for living
I was moved to read the 1,000 names of the members of my principled profession united against the demolition of Robin Hood Gardens. It seems to me, however, that we have the obvious solution here.
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Fair’s fair
Your story on Highland Homes Fair contains claims that local residents and politicians were not consulted during the planning phase.
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Time to go
Robin Hood Gardens is indeed a seminal work in the modernist tradition but this is exactly why it should go.
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Lesson from MK
Amid the often depressing housing that has been rolled out across the green fields in Milton Keynes over many years, there has always been one reliable high point: the design of local schools.
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Too much sex
Call me a fuddy duddy if you wish, but the RIBA debate, This house believes there should be more sex in architecture, is diabolical and banal (Boots March 7).
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Apocalypse then
It is interesting to see the profession closing ranks behind the Smithsons’ threatened — or is it doomed? — Robin Hood Gardens, but am I alone in thinking that it is a bit of a monster?
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Boot in mouth
BBC Scotland did indeed screen the documentary about Richard Rogers in full last week (Boots February 29), although it was perhaps a little later in the schedule than advertised.
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OpinionConsultation on Robin rocked
In response to your editorial (A demolition job on the truth, February 29), I refute BD’s claims about the consultation with tenants at Robin Hood Gardens, and the behaviour of English Partnerships and Tower Hamlets Council.
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Correction
Wilkinson Eyre will be preserving two walls of Bath’s 19th century Newark Works for its Dyson Academy scheme rather than one as reported in News February 22.
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Modest proposal
I am young, fit and below average height. I have no friends or relations who are old or disabled, or if I have, they don’t visit, and I have nothing upstairs for them to use.
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Spirit of place
Margaret Hodge’s test that modern architecture should be loved if it is to qualify for listing should at least justify consideration for Robin Hood Gardens because it is loved by many architects and others who are interested in urban design and architecture.
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OpinionWit in Whitman
Your feature on Whitman College at Princeton by Porphyrios Associates (Works February 29) was a delight.
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OpinionArchitects love totalitarians
At last a top architect has taken an “ethical stance” about working in China and other countries where democracy and human rights are violated (News February 15).
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Battery housing
Can you have housing schemes with high densities which improve the viability of public transport?
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Voice of Doon
Your story suggesting we would redesign our scheme at Doon Street to get planning consent (News February 15) is somewhat misleading.
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Dropped on us
I hope Jonathan Glancey (February 22) does make the trip out to darkest Colchester to enable him to form his opinions in situ on the Lecture Theatre dustbin and Visual Arts Facility golden banana.