All Letters to the editor articles – Page 8
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OpinionBrady got it right over zero fees
Angela Brady got it right! (“ Sanctuary does U-turn on zero fees ” News March 22).
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OpinionWe need to teach business acumen
It is good to hear a voice of reason and rational thought over whether architecture schools should cut student numbers ( Debate March 15 ), in the form of Owen Luder’s viewpoint.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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OpinionNon-designers don't understand
I would question whether non-designers, not designers, have too much influence ( Debate March 1 ).
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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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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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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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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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OpinionRefurb has lost quiet dignity
AHMM’s Hampstead Road refurb looks like a transition from the sublime to the ridiculous ( News February 22 ).