More Comment – Page 152
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Opinion
Heath views
As a supporter of Robert Adam and traditional architecture I am wary of criticising the design of Athlone House (News February 18).
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OpinionShould architects offer to work for the Big Society?
Yes, says Pascale Scheurer, pro bono work can be a valuable service; but Jo Wright says it is hard to imagine credible projects emerging from the current set-up
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OpinionTurning the page
This week it’s valete to RIBA bookshops in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Belfast, which are to close next month
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OpinionShould the new Athlone House receive the go ahead?
Yes, says Cambridge’s David Watkin, the original house is not worth saving; but LSE professor Robert Tavernor fears the new designs will compromise views from Hampstead Heath.
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OpinionCabe must adapt to survive
In the face of a funding conundrum, the quango needs to embrace reinvention.
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OpinionElementary arithmetic
Let’s try obtaining a little perspective, in light of Gove’s utterly crass statement suggesting architects working in the education sector have been creaming it (“Rogers hits back at Gove over school design” News February 11).
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Commons sense
On one hand, the government wants to re-balance the economy, create more UK manufacturing and support British ingenuity.
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Talking shop
Libraries serve a greater good (Leader February 11), but if they don’t make business sense they should be replaced.
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Princely sums
I agree with John McAslan that the Prince of Wales is not a classicist (“Prince in context”, letters, February 11)
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Mind the gap
Sorry to spoil the party, but does Charles Holden’s London Underground Headquarters in Westminster really deserve listing (News January 14)?
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OpinionManser meddle
Boots was interested in the list of this year’s RIBA honorary fellows, which includes heritage minister Ed Vaizey and Mike Gazzard, founder of the British Homes Awards.
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for, Dave
The government might get more than it bargains for from the Big Society
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OpinionA purpose far beyond books
Libraries provide communities with a vital physical infrastructure, so closures sit ill with the notion of the Big Society.
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OpinionWise’s green credentials are cold comfort
Our editor may have chosen David Lea and Pat Borer’s Wise building at the Centre for Alternative Technology as his favourite of last year …
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OpinionClosing the libraries is just the start
Localism seems to require a near impossible suspension of disbelief
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OpinionPop-ups: has innovation been replaced by exploitation?
Yes, says James R Payne, it’s a symptom of how young architects are treated today; but Andrew Waugh says this is recycling at its best
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OpinionPrefabs need not be box-like
I read with interest your article “Architects start work on prefab school templates”.
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OpinionSend for Rogers
Education secretary Michael Gove is quoted saying: “We won’t be getting Richard Rogers to design your school”