More Comment – Page 194
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Opinion
Carbuncle bungle
There can be no argument that contemporary architecture in Aberdeen — one of the UK’s wealthiest cities — is irredeemably awful
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A Poultry effort
Should you ever consider instating such a thing as a Carbuncle Lifetime Achievement Award, I’d like to nominate the pink and off-white monstrosity Peter Palumbo erected in place of the Mappin & Webb Building at 1 Poultry.Chris Gregory via bdonline
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Big guns out
Your leader and Peter Murray’s letter on Chelsea Barracks (August 14) have their facts wrong. Many of the facts can be found in our letter of July 17
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OpinionRemembering and forgetting
Memorials to deaths from combat and ‘terrorism’ make a poor substitute for uncovering the truth
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OpinionShould planners encourage development in a recession?
Jonathan Seager of the British Property Federation says the recession requires a more flexible approach, but Ian Dungavell, Director of the Victorian Society, disagrees
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OpinionShowing no Mersey for Carbuncle Cup winner
The news that Liverpool’s ferry terminal had clinched the 2009 Carbuncle Cup was picked up by a host of media last week
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OpinionKeep the Lighthouse shining
Glasgow’s Lighthouse may be in difficulties but it’s the only real architecture centre we have
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OpinionWork smarter, not harder
I was sorry to read Mario Sua Kay’s letter (August 14) regarding your leader on holidays and of the impact Mario’s workload is having on his health
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Cladding failure
In his article on Glasgow (Urban Trawl August 14), Owen Hatherley mentions the Dundasvale Estate and the Glasgow Housing Association policy on demolition and recladding
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OpinionNew regime means new woes
So, which party should architects vote for? I’m sorry; I’m stumped
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Scots exodus
On the face of it Owen Hatherley’s article is quite a damning and thorough critique on Glasgow. But it fails to mention the residential and educational work in the city of Elder & Cannon, the excellent Beatson Institute by Reiach & Hall and the regeneration of the Merchant City
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Opinion
Words of wisdom
In Arb’s recent eBulletin we are told that according to its new code, which has been two years in the making, architects should do the following
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OpinionTrinity's team
Boots (August 14) attributes the design of Trinity Square (the Get Carter car park) solely to Rodney Gordon. That is incorrect.
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OpinionMarket forces
You state that Hopkins’ plans for Greenwich Market are on course to be approved (bdonline August 21). Is Greenwich Council mad?
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Stirling rethink
I agree with Will Alsop (Debate July 31): the Stirling Prize should be about building design
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OpinionSecret of success is in the sequence
Another look at the Plan of Work could help enhance the role of designers
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OpinionDo Prince Charles's views represent the people?
About as much as Louis XIV’s did, argues Kate Macintosh; while Robert Bargery counters that he echoes the voice of Middle England
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Opinion"Remote" Stirling connection
The RIBA’s claim that there is “a remote connection” between Stirling judge Stephen Bates and Tony Fretton, tipped to win this year’s prize, seems a little bit of an understatement if you read Ellis Woodman’s interview with the former in a Sergison Bates monograph for 2G
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OpinionRogers failed to put the case
In his letter on Chelsea Barracks (July 17) Richard Rogers says: “There has been a steady flow of misinformation about Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ approach to the design”