More Comment – Page 157
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OpinionCarry on creaming
The startling fees paid to client design advisers point to the failures of the public sector procurement process
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OpinionPhoto ban in ‘public’ spaces
I applaud BD drawing attention to the privatisation of London’s public space (“Mayor warned: London is being privatised” News November 26)
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Charge for Cabe
Regarding your front page this week (“Cabe set to be rescued by communities dept” News November 26) Cabe should spurn the opportunity of a taxpayer-funded resurrection and set itself up as a commercial operation, funded by the design service it sees itself as offering
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Qualified success
I’m getting fed up with unqualified part II architects harping on about equivalence (News November 26)
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A new utopia
Otto Saumarez Smith’s review of Utopia London gives the impression that it is mainly about the LCC architects’ department
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The truly green shoots of recovery
As the downturn eases, we have environmental opportunities closer to home than Mexico.
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OpinionIs it right to scrap the HCA’s core housing standards
Increasing the cost of private homes is not justified, says John Slaughter, while Ruth Reed says standards are vital when faced with the problems of poor quality housing
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OpinionGet concrete
3DReid won planning this week for a £150 million shopping centre and student village of predictable inanity on the site formerly occupied by Owen Luder’s Get Carter carpark
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Why we need the county set
County architects understood the people they were building for and their demise has left us architecturally poorer
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OpinionIntegrate to educate
Is the education and registration of architects in the UK out of sync with industry?
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OpinionThe arts are built to last
Though funding prospects look bleak, recent investments in architecture will help arts bodies weather the storm
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Try looking east for inspiration
Serbian activists could teach us a thing or two about the value of modernist social housing
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OpinionShould part IIs be allowed to call themselves architects?
Yes, says Paul McGrath, the current regulations put part IIs at a disadvantage against other EU architects; but Owen Luder feels a revamped training system is the answer to addressing the anomaly
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OpinionAll in the timing at Chelsea Barracks
Chelsea Barracks developer Qatari Diar has applied for immunity from listing for the Guards’ chapel on its land
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OpinionSurveying Robin Hood’s riches
As a member of the Twentieth Century Society, I deplore the statement on last week’s front page by its spokesman, condemning architects bidding for the Robin Hood Gardens site
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OpinionOn leading northern lights
Low winter sun presents particular challenges for architects working in northern climes
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Fuelling debate
The Twentieth Century Society’s primary issue with the new proposals for Robin Hood Gardens, is rooted in questioning the client objectives and the brief, not the architects involved
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Memory lane
I enjoyed Owen Hatherley’s urban trawl (November 12) and look forward to the rest