More Comment – Page 184
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Clarification
MUMA wishes make it clear that Julian Harrap Architects worked with it on the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the V&A (Works December 11) acting as historic building consultant, and that its contribution was critical to key aspects of the project.
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OpinionWe need to develop higher standards
Increasing housing build costs could rid us of overpriced rabbit hutches
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OpinionIs the Kickstart programme funding substandard homes?
No, says David Birkbeck, it misses the point and there’s confusion over the scoring; while Wayne Hemingway thinks Kickstart is evidence of an industry that chooses not to deliver good design
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OpinionPrince Charles documentary is no oil painting
BBC Wales’s in-depth documentary on Prince Charles, which was planned for last year to coincide with the 40th anniversary of him becoming the Prince of Wales in 1969, has been held up due to allegations of attempted editorial interference
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OpinionYou’ve taken my breath away
Our hermetically sealed buildings may be greener, but life is dull with no fresh air
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OpinionNo excuse to abandon quality
Yes, we have an urgent need for social housing, but the HCA’s haste will prove a false economy
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OpinionPrivate spaces give extra value
While I applaud the general aims of Building for Life, it places insufficient emphasis upon space within, and outside, the dwelling
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Speak your mind
I have already sent an email to Bob Kerslake, chief executive of the and Homes & Communities Agency, and would implore everyone else who has concerns about poor design quality in the HCA’s Kickstart programme (News December 18) to go to its web page and also write a complaint
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OpinionDubai, home of sustainability
The Burj Dubai could provide a warm welcome to the sustainability industry
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OpinionSlippery slope
The sloping wall, most recently seen in the illustration of Zaha Hadid’s Michigan art museum (News December 18) but also in Libeskind’s V&A extension and latterly his prefabricated houses (News October 2) as well as Herzog & de Meuron’s revised Tate Modern extension (Debate October 16) externally looks great
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Waste of money
I have been a member of the RIBA since 1974, and on the register of Architects Accredited in Building Conservation since 2007 (when it was RIBA endorsed)
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Give it a fair trial
As the former conservation director of English Heritage and one of the architects of professional accreditation for building conservation in England, I am supportive of the RIBA’s engagement with the issue, though saddened that peace could not be made with the dedicated folks running the AABC
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Street views
It is with sadness that I read of Grant Smith’s recent experience of photographing London from a public space (News December 11). Alas it is not a new phenomenon, but one that is deteriorating
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Sooner or later
I thoroughly enjoyed Peter Davey’s article on HP Berlage’s Holland House (BD Magazine December)
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Correction
In December 18 Solutions , we said the BaleHaus at Bath University as “designed by architect Craig White” and referred to “architect White Design”
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OpinionArchitects must lead the revolution
After the failure of Copenhagen, politics must return to its roots — and greater vision will be needed
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OpinionSennett’s past is dragged up
Does the London School of Economics’ Cities programme have a required reading list? If so, it will surely acquire a significant addition with this week’s publication of City Boy, Edmund White’s account of sexual high jinks in sixties and seventies New York
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OpinionWill 2010 be a better year for architects than 2009?
Yes, says Lucian Cook, developers will dust off planning applications and people will extend their homes; while Joost Beunderman says there will be no return to business as usual
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OpinionPassing the buck on bad design
Criticising the government for spending millions on poorly designed housing is to miss a somewhat sensitive point
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Ball report too inward looking
If there is one criticism of Christopher Ball’s report into the Arb, it is that it focuses too much on the interests of the profession and, specifically, the RIBA