All Letters to the editor articles – Page 95
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OpinionGoolish interest
Being an amateur thespian, I always wanted to be involved in theatre design during that part of my career when I was actually designing. How I longed to correct the provision for dressing room space, which was so often relegated to a couple of dingy, airless cubby holes or the ...
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Responsible idea
We have just received a letter from Hackney planning authority pointing out that a scheme we designed has not been built or occupied in accordance with the planning approval. The letter states that unless we comply with the planning permission we will receive an enforcement notice.
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Pulling together
I would like to emphasise how worldwide the support is for the Architects Benevolent Society’s Big Auction on June 7 (News February 2).
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OpinionA Canterbury tale — but this isn’t funny
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s famous words, to hash up one rebuilding of a city is unfortunate, but then to mess it up a second time is unforgivable.
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Responsibility for 60s falls on many
If Simon Jenkins wants a “Truth & Reconciliation Commission” (News January 12) to apologise for the housing crimes of the 1960s then he will need to cast his net wider and catch in it more than just members of the RIBA.
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Wasted efforts
There was far more commitment to and research into social housing design in the sixties and seventies than there has been since.
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Fees feedback
Your story “AUU payments revealed” (News January 19) is misleading and seems more intent on delivering a dramatic headline than reporting reality.
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Home from home
Jack Pringle (Soapbox January 19) says he “re-established the RIBA’s housing group last year” as part of his agenda to tackle climate change.
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Lean or mean?
The Bethnal Green housing (Works January 19) ingeniously couples tight space with green thinking.
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Schools lesson
I was saddened to read (News January 19) that the quality of school design has been brought down by its procurement process. I doubt that parachuting Cabe into the arena can achieve much.
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Zero tolerance
Trevor Butler is right to say that zero carbon should mean zero carbon (Solutions January 19) and he even mentions “materials used in construction” but then falls into the trap of concentrating on the issue of generating energy.
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An apology please
On the subject of apologies (News January 12), when is Simon Jenkins going to apologise for his commanding role in initiating and implementing the Millennium Dome scandal?
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Architects in front
I agree with your editorial (January 12), that architects are ahead of the game and do not need to be lectured by the housing minister, let alone the housebuilders, on zero carbon housing.
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How to get invited back to the top table
Last year I re-established the RIBA Housing Group and my prediction for 2007 was that housing would be at the top of our agenda, because it is where climate change meets poor design and chronic undersupply.
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Blame misplaced
An RIBA commission to look at the 1960s would not solve the problem. Those in charge then are in charge now — politicians. Central government controlled what was built.
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Competitions out
The correspondence (Letters January 12) on competitions fails to appreciate that they are in nobody’s interest. Frank Duffy is right (Soapbox) — they should be abolished.
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Housing deja vu
Poor 1960s estates were primarily the result of central government legislation and the housing cost yardstick.
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Following fashions
Simon Jenkins’ call for a “reconciliation commission” to apologize for 1960s modernism is a complete waste of time.