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Ian Martin
How can I introduce ‘comfort and humour’ into my boutique hotel? Two layers of carpet and a clown on reception
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OpinionFacing up to the Spanish Armad
I relished BD’s extensive coverage of David Chipperfield’s “Villaverde” (News and Works June 3).
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Insider knowledge
It seems symptomatic of our times that your coverage of the Chipperfield housing on the edge of Madrid features five large colour photographs of the exterior but none of the habitable interior — with only one plan so small as to be virtually illegible.
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A good discipline
Charlie Gates refers to critics who are likely to be disappointed with the election of Brett Steele as chairman of the AA, as he may be too academic for the exigencies of practice (News May 27).
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Sting in de-tail
To an architect “God is in the detail” when all the components intersect in exactly the right way (Letters June 3).
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Shifting intentions
I trust that Frank Duffy and Owen Luder are able publicly to refute Malcolm Nickolls’ extraordinary assertion that at the time of the drafting of the act they, as successive RIBA presidents, conspired to give Arb the very powers that they were telling their own members the new act would ...
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Topsy-turvy logic
Make should be commended for its aim to become a carbon-neutral office (News May 6), but I was surprised to read that it is proposing such an inefficient form for its proposed tower in Abu Dhabi (News May 20).
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Founded on facts
I couldn't agree more with Malcolm Fraser’s views on the “obscenity” of demolishing up to 400,000 houses in northern England (Soapbox May 27).
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Enough talking, join our eco audit
It is the most important issue facing architects in a generation. Housing, schools, hospitals all count by the common question running through everything an architect does now: sustainability.Yes, I know it’s a terrible word, sustainability. It has lost its meaning at the same pace as the issue it represents has ...
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Star appeal of the noblest profession
The news that “the world’s sexiest man” is eager to join the ranks of the world’s noblest profession ought to be enthusiastically embraced as yet another sign of architecture’s irresistible rise.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Haunting houseAt the Offsite conference in Watford on Monday, John Prescott had his 700th tour of the English Partnerships Summit House, designed by PRP. He joked that he felt like the house was “following him around” because it seems to appear at every conference/ summit he attends. Strange, then, that ...
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OpinionCartoon architect with high ambitions
With spiky quiff, round spectacles and loose-fit black suit, Archi the everyman architect and star of the world’s first daily cartoon strip based around an architect, comes to life on a scrap of paper in the BD canteen
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Taking inspiration from Swiss masters
Architecture schools are brimming with nervous energy.
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Get a fair deal on the standard agreement
How much time and money do you spend each year negotiating terms of appointment and collateral warranties?
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Knit witsArchitecture Week later this month means galleries all over the country will race to find original ways to make the profession more accessible and fun. The Here Gallery in Bristol has raised the bar quite considerably, with an exhibition, starting on June 11, which showcases knitted architecture. The gallery ...
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Ian Martin
At Tyburn Hill, capital punishment will be brought into the 21st century via a live feed from Texas
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Pathfinder takes a wrong turning
Malcolm Fraser rightly condemns the insensitive government Pathfinder housing programme for the ecological obscurity that it is (Soapbox May 27).
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No limits for Arb
Jack Pringle, in his open letter to the chairman of Arb, says: “In 1996, when Parliament determined the powers to be given to the newly created Arb, it was made clear that the act was not being passed to enable Arb to become actively involved in compulsory PII.”
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Its good to talk
The normal practice when dealing with a planning application is for the planning officer to phone the architect if they have a problem with a part of the design.
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Signing in vein
I, too, have had a planning application spurned because the application was signed in black fountain pen and therefore apparently impossible to distinguish from the photocopy (Letters May 27).