All Letters to the editor articles – Page 97
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Opinion
Responsibility gap
Surely the saddest aspect of BD’s story of “rogue architect” Peter White and his let-down clients Jean and Christopher Shaw (News analysis November 24), was the absolute failure of Arb and the RIAS to properly police a registered architect who was also a convicted fraudster.
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Grasp the nettle
BD comes to my office each week and is well enjoyed by my American colleagues.
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Avoiding the blobs
Jack Pringle, in the Guardian on December 1, revealed quite rightly his reservations about behemoth development contractors and their subordinated design staff bringing a greyness to an opportunity for infrastructure accompanying London’s Olympic Games. He cited the good old tested system of RIBA competition entries... but I’m not so sure ...
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OpinionSpace is the key to better housing
There were two interesting articles around the themes of design in last week’s BD. The one proclaimed that “Design is at the heart of the Olympics” the other that “Design is compromised when Dutch housing experience is applied to the UK.”
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Opinion
Fond memories
I read with sadness of the death last month of Sam Stephenson, the celebrated Dublin architect.
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Lost hospital
In Spotcheck North-west (News November 24) you describe an extension to Hope Street Hospital in Liverpool.
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Ministers must take a lead on quality too
This week’s Barker Review of Planning could mean big changes in the way architects and planners deal with development.
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OpinionWhy UK housing can’t just go Dutch
In creating South-east England’s growth areas to boost housing supply, the Department for Communities & Local Government, and previously the ODPM, encouraged the UK building industry to look to modern methods of construction and procurement. Within this, the Netherlands was cited as a precedent.
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OpinionUrban urgency
Your report on the postponement of our conference Society, Architects and Emerging Issues (News November 24) did not mention the new dates for the event which are March 17 to 21, 2007.