More Comment – Page 143
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Home improvements
AHMM and Maccreanor Lavington are excellent practices with extensive experience of housing.
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Broadgate plan misses a trick
One aspect of Broadgate has not, to my knowledge, yet been raised – and it is related to the fact that the part of the site in question was a railway station until 1985 (“City rails against Broadgate listing” News June 10).
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BSF fees failures are down to RIBA
For the RIBA to claim that some “fees were not adequate to sustain office and staffing costs” (“Reed sticks up for BSF firms accused in Sunday Times article” bdonline June 13) is an absolutely mindblowing admittance of failure!
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OpinionLubetkin luxury starting to wane
I did some research into the Hallfield Estate for Westminster City Council six years ago (“Architecture minister lists Lubetkin estate in Paddington” bdonline June 10).
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Crowds coming to Farringdon
Terry Farrell (Life Class June 3) puts forward an interesting proposition for the reuse of Smithfield Market.
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Too much novelty leaves us nowhere
The character of Vienna’s streets, proves that original design doesn’t always have a place
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OpinionIs the Conservative party anti-architecture?
Yes, says George Ferguson, the Conservatives regard public building provision as a quantitative, rather than qualitative, issue; but John Penrose says the government has already demonstrated its commitment to good design
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OpinionZaha is sitting pretty
Meanwhile, Hopkins staff all dutifully applied for tickets to the practice’s Olympic Velodrome, only to emerge empty-handed, Boots hears.
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OpinionCunning planners
Architects who feel picked on by the government should spare a thought for their planning colleagues.
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OpinionRock of ages
Conferences can be gruelling affairs, but attendees at Tate Britain’s James Stirling symposium on Saturday were offered some welcome, if unusual relief by Patrick Lynch.
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OpinionNow the gloves are off
Finally we can see what will happen to the schools sector in the wake of the James Review, and it isn’t pretty
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OpinionTruly public space is at the heart of citizenship
Dare I ask what Crispin Kelly finds objectionable about “exercising [one’s] role as citizen”? (Debate June 3).
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Arb punishment is a mild rebuke
It would be interesting to know what the complainants think of Arb’s decisions in its conduct cases (“Arb issues £3,000 fine for Sussex architect” News June 3) as they always seem to result in no more than a mild rebuke and a paltry fine.
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RTPI needs to face up to reality
It is pretty hilarious that the president of the RTPI still believes that planning permissions are decided on the issues alone (Debate May 20).
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OpinionProof of value of apprenticeship
English Heritage recently produced a list of all the listed buildings in the country, from which BD highlighted the 10 architects with the greatest number of buildings included (bdonline May 23).
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It's time to make yourself useful
The localism bill presents a new challenge for professionals – and probably bureaucrats too.
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OpinionBDP and Preston got it right first time
The bus station is the firm’s, and the town’s, best loved building. So why are they both building a mall in its place?
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OpinionShould local councils still be building housing?
Yes, says Campbell Robb, some councils are well placed to take direct action; while Richard Wellings says subsidised housing breeds welfare dependency
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OpinionShuttle cock
On Monday night, Building for Life chairman Wayne Hemingway fronted an item on Newsnight, addressing the question of whether eighties buildings deserve listing.