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OpinionThe NHS is not the sole marker of social welfare
There couldn’t be a worse time for the government to cut social housing budgets, says Jack Pringle.
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OpinionAn agency to be cherished
Design for London is a model for the future of planning, and needs to be protected
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Education must seize the moment
We have a brief opportunity to fight for a better understanding of architectural education’s worth.
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OpinionIs the coalition government serious about design?
Yes, says John Penrose, withdrawing Cabe’s funding was a very hard decision; while Jack Pringle feels the evidence shows otherwise.
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OpinionDJ West on the mic
Those keen to experience the questionable joys of Studio Egret West’s David West rapping - yes rapping - still have a chance to do so.
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OpinionTowards a new architecture
Many architects have long wished Cabe would go away. At last they’ve got their wish.
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OpinionLet’s keep Cabe and let Arb go
What a triumph! As you report (News October 22), the architectural profession is to lose a useful organisation, Cabe, and keep a useless one, Arb. But I have a suggestion
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Protection racket
I note that the RIBA is not lobbying for abolition of protection of title. It should be, as protection of title is virtually useless
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No opportunity
Ruth Reed claims (News October 22) that rationalising the regulation and registration of the profession (by giving it to the RIBA?) would “provide maximum clarity and economy for consumers and the profession”
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OpinionThe wider impact
Your leader of October 1 (“Fixing the regeneration game”) and news story of October 8 (“£5.5 billion plan for Liverpool Docks in for planning”) are connected
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Ticking the boxes
Bill Dunster wonders why everyone isn’t rallying behind the “world-beating” level 6 Code for Sustainable Homes (Debate October 15). Perhaps not everyone is quite so convinced
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OpinionWe must rise to the challenges of school design
The coming years will not be easy says Heinz Richardson, director of Jestico & Whiles
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OpinionNuclear offers a significant opportunity for architects
With government backing, industrial architecture is set to become an important part of urban regeneration says Iain MacDonald, director of YRM.
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OpinionBrowne Review threatens architectural education
With a 40% cut in higher education funding and the abandoning of the graduate tax idea, the future of architectural education is fragile.
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OpinionPlanning a life beyond Cabe
It’s not an impotent quango that we need, but a much better planning system
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Big society could have small outlook
The US shows what could happen when regeneration takes place on a micro level.
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OpinionWill east London get the Olympic legacy it deserves?
Yes, it will bring a vibrant regeneration to the area, says Olympic Legacy Company’s Duncan Innes; while Deepa Naik argues that the concept of legacy is slippery and meaningless
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End of the five-year course?
Schosa may well be right in thinking that the cost of tuition fees may become a more significant factor as students decide whether it is worth joining the architecture profession (News, October 15).