All Letters to the editor articles – Page 8
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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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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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OpinionArchitects must focus on process
I experienced a heady blend of nostalgia and optimism reading Wouter Vanstiphout’s column ( Opinion March 15 ). For a moment, I felt as if everything is going to be OK. But is it really?
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OpinionFCB is blocking out north Belfast
The new University of Ulster proposals may be celebrated as Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ largest project to date ( News March 15 ). However, are the original partners fully aware of what the FCB “B team” in Belfast is planning?
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OpinionMore and better competitions
Moira Gemmill and Malcolm Reading are absolutely correct ( News March 15 ). It’s not that there should be fewer competitions — there should be many more.
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OpinionBeware of the office romance
Hilarious! I love the idea that someone would write to BD for professional office romance advice ( Dear Matthew March 8 ) Aren’t there columns that deal with this kind of thing in GQ or Nuts?
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OpinionYAYA ought to stay British
BD should have stopped and thought before opening up YAYA, a British prize, to all (other) Europeans ( News March 15 ).
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OpinionKollhoff shows power of brick
After discovering his captivating Potsdamer Platz 1 in Berlin, which actually uses the same brick as Fritz Höger’s Chilehaus did 70 years earlier, I’m delighted to see Hans Kollhoff continue to prove that the contemporary urban tower can be comfortably clad in something other than glass ( Buildings March 8 ...
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OpinionPassivhaus can be flexible too
Roland Karthaus ( Letters March 1 ) makes some very good points on redefining sustainability. However, I think he misses the point when claiming “The Passivhaus debate is relevant here: super-sealed buildings don’t sit well with flexibility.”
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OpinionTime to rewrite affordability
I have long been concerned about the use of the word “affordable” in relation to housing but never more so than in last week’s BD.
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OpinionSouthbank plan lacks conviction
The lack of ambition in both brief and design of the artfully sketchy proposal for massively increasing the Southbank Centre’s accommodation is shocking ( News March 8 ) .
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OpinionDon't confuse Schumann name
With regard to your article concerning the scrapping of an alliance between NBS and the Aecom specification team ( News March 8 )
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OpinionRogers' house is too adaptable
I don’t disagree with the decision to list Richard Rogers’ parents’ house ( News March 1 )
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OpinionDon't build boxes in Christchurch
I was born in Christchurch and was trained there as an architect then went to study in Auckland.
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OpinionCultural centre feels the squeeze
AHMM’s Willesden Green library and cultural centre ( News March 1 ) has been squeezed onto a small footprint in order to release as much space as possible for the private flats being built.
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OpinionCity streets need a rich mixture
With regard to your recent editorial concerning the relaxation of planning for offices-to-residential ( Leader March 1 ), I am neither an architect nor town planner and as such I have, perhaps, the advantage when it comes to seeing the “wood” rather than individual “trees”.
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OpinionNon-designers don't understand
I would question whether non-designers, not designers, have too much influence ( Debate March 1 ).
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OpinionRegs are not for manufacturers
Aren’t building regulations meant to be for the benefit of building users? (“ Pickles under pressure over building reg delays ” bdonline February 25).
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OpinionBartlett boom in EU applications
In the recent article about the plummeting interest in UK architecture schools ( News February 1 ), the Bartlett was mentioned as one of the most affected schools, with a 14.5% drop of applications.
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OpinionLack of capacity may weaken City
The headline “ US Expert Backs Heathrow Expansion ” (BD February 15) is not a correct representation of what I told your reporter.