More Comment – Page 141
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OpinionCreed has lit up the Scotsman Steps
An artistic intervention has succeeded in transforming a less than pleasant journey
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OpinionIs the proposed change in use classes a good thing?
Yes, says Marco Goldschmied, our current system does not work with the way we live now; while Hugh Ellis says deregulation would harm local infrastructure provision
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OpinionRIBA plans to talk in circles
RIBA council may have managed to retain its dinner club, as Boots reported last week, but will it be as successful in quashing plans to move council meetings out of the RIBA chamber?
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OpinionPriority boarding
It was all easyJet at the Bartlett’s summer show last week, where visitors could speedy-buy their way in.
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OpinionHard hitter
Despite reaching the grand old age of 77, Richard Rogers is never one to shy away from a sporting challenge.
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OpinionGender agenda
Were women athletes and spectators considered in the design of the Olympic Park? This was the question being debated at an event run by the London Women & Planning Forum as BD went to press.
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OpinionBennetts’ assumptions don’t stand up to scrutiny
Mecanoo built its reputation on a certain degree of originality and innovation, replies Robert Slinger.
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Planning reform is force for good
The Town & Country Planning Association’s Hugh Ellis seems to be under the impression that architects exist solely to serve the planning system, and planners “control” quality (“Ex presidents urge RIBA to back planning reform” News July 1).
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OpinionFinally some good news
The plans to relax use class orders promise some intriguing opportunities for architects
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Cost constraints have saved London’s fabric
This week’s opening of the M74 extension project (“Urban mortorway divides Glasgow” June 24) finally sees the completion of Glasgow’s inner-city orbital motorway.
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9/11 conspiracy is a no-brainer
Frankly, I do not see what the fuss is all about with reference to your front page cover story this week (“RIBA comes under fire for hosting ’bonkers’ 9/11 talk”).
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Plymouth: a port in a storm
No one pays much attention to Plymouth, so, to a native, Owen Hatherley’s survey (Urban Trawl June 24) was very welcome.
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OpinionThe truth behind invalid carriages
Steve Parnell’s witty image of a “super-sized Matchbox collection” (Buildings June 24 ) for the motor-cars stuck on the Riverside Museum’s wall is brilliant.
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OpinionNY’s High Line can raise our aims too
Britain could create walkways like the High Line – out of old infrastructure or within new buildings
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OpinionAre there too many architects in the UK?
Yes, says Chris Roche, there are simply more than the market demands; while Jack Pringle says controlling numbers only results in future skills shortages
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OpinionChipperfield: Cruel to be kind
Any readers keen to dissuade their offspring from repeating their own calamitous life decisions would do well to take a leaf out of David Chipperfield’s book.
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OpinionDear for the beer
The Redundant Architects Recreation Association (Rara) sold its first home-brewed bottle of ale to RIBA president-elect Angela Brady for a whopping £20.
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OpinionRIBA Council dinner still on the menu
The RIBA Council last week devoted a lengthy discussion to the future of the council’s dinner club.
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OpinionShapps: Panel beater
Housing minister Grant Shapps was speaking at the BRE this week to launch Prince Charles’s eco-friendly – and traditional looking – Natural House at its site in Watford.