All Letters to the editor articles – Page 85
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Opinion
Credit control
It was disingenuous of Pascall & Watson and the Ingram Consultancy to attempt to steal the limelight on St Pancras International (Solutions September 7). Their joint role in the project has been much less significant than they might wish others to believe.
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Regional demand
It must be galling for the RIBA to see the scale of government funding paid to Cabe to perform a function which should have been kept in-house (News August 31).
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Great minds?
We were interested to see Clash Associates’ proposal for a hotel at Lower Marsh near Waterloo (First Look September 7).
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Spaced out
Will Hurst suggests the RIBA should focus its attention on housing and climate change as the key issues of the day (Leader August 31), but there is little point in doing so if it continues to ignore the fundamental cause of the housing crisis, namely mass immigration.
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Customer care
Though I disagree with Peter Kellow’s arguments against setting up an expert panel to advise the RIBA president when occasionally giving a view on a project (Letters August 31), I understand them.
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Crying timber
In 2002 I carried out a review of timber’s sustainability as a construction material and found it far from “green”. The increase in global consumption leads to destructive deforestations in the rainforest, which are responsible for greenhouse emissions.
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Summer school could fill gaps
It is now universally accepted that the schools of architecture no longer teach construction and building technology in the way they did, say, 20 years ago.
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Size matters
Was Mike Macrae (Letters August 24) having a morning moment where he used too much toothpaste, or was he just frothing at the mouth when he made his comments on Robert Adam’s views on the Holborne Museum in Bath (Letters August 10)?
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Burning issue
We have had timber buildings for hundreds of years, limited to three, possibly four storeys, so that fire protection of the structures was not considered necessary.
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Disastrous recipe
There must be many architects who see the dangers of the president of the RIBA commenting on projects designed by the institute’s members, with or without the advice of an “expert” panel.
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Host the most
I call for a rethink of the Olympics for future hosts. Instead of one city absorbing all that the Games brings, perhaps it should be more of a para(city)c event, with regional cities more involved not only in the design, but also getting some form of parasitic venue with a ...
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Knock it off
It’s not that almost all the 47 practices shortlisted for the Olympic village are from London that we object to (News Analysis August 24).
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OpinionSample the planning menu
While the RIBA may manage to pull off a design review panel and make it work (News August 24), I would venture to predict that it will not have a long life.
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Comment of the day: Desperately seeking Darcy
Ian Martin breaks the bad news to an eager reader
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Comment of the day: Quality Down Under
Australian firms do produce quality architecture, insists Andrew Noonan
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Comment of the day: RIBA the watchdog
Is the RIBA right to set up a design review panel? You bet, says Lee Mallett
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OpinionBroad appeal
While I would agree with Saul Metzstein (Opinion August 3) over the high- rise housing “solution” for Cambridge shown on TV, I cannot endorse his view of David Dimbleby’s How We Built Britain series, which I thought was excellent, light-hearted and ideal material for encouraging many viewers to take a ...
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Bridge the gap
What was missing from the long discussion I had with your journalist for your story on the Minneapolis bridge collapse (News August 10) was the reference to the need for engineer and architect to work in close collaboration from the outset, not to see the bridge architect as simply fiddling ...
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OpinionVital ‘no set-off’ clause must stay
Despite Richard Brindley’s claims (News August 10), two solicitors specialising in construction law have advised that the ‘no set-off’ clause is fully enforceable in consumer contracts, provided the consumer has the term explained to him and agrees to it beforehand. The regulations specifically provide for this.