More Comment – Page 168
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Peer pressure
Norman Foster’s tax status could be argued to be everyone’s business, as, up until the deadline for resignation, he was a member of the House of Lords
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Respect yourself
Am I the only person who believes that nobody should be asked to work for nothing?
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OpinionIs working in China the key to success for UK practices?
Graham Cartledge says there are now openings for talented architects to lead the way in new markets, but Stephen Hodder feels success can also be built on a sense of localism
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OpinionByles and the schools fiasco
Boots was clearly, er, on the money in pointing to the rather beleaguered position of well-paid Partnerships for Schools boss Tim Byles last week.
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OpinionDon’t fear the BSF reaper
A school rebuilding programme is still necessary, and replacing Building Schools for the Future could put architects back in control.
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OpinionWhy not try living on the edge?
Street markets can be the key to breaking down barriers and creating vibrant cities
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OpinionWill the localism agenda create better architecture?
Yes says Robert Adam, it will put the focus on communities’ needs; but Roger Zogolovitch fears nimbyism will stifle innovation
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OpinionLet’s embrace western folly
Dreams and whimsies may be the perfect counterbalance to the developing world’s construction boom
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OpinionLet’s redesign planning
Our planning system may be divisive, as your leader observed last week, but it is also intended to be democratic. It fails when this requirement is not fulfilled
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Doing the sums
With the scrapping of the Building Schools for the Future programme, the affected education authorities need to realistically review their requirements – whether refurb or new build – and the government needs to review how these requirements are met – financed either through its own funding or private funding.Design teams ...
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Pay and display
In last week’s article on the RIBA’s measures to tackle low pay, the reference to students being paid “at least the minimum wage after more than six months” was incorrectly interpreted
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Don't Cabe in
Alan Howarth’s quote (“To neglect [design review] would be a false economy.” News July 2) seems a little self-righteous
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An outside eye
An impartial design review by Cabe is a valuable check for design quality in urban areas – we need someone to add quality to our bargain basement architecture
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Local expertise
Design input from Cabe is similar in an important way to that provided by Prince Charles – it is undemocratic
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OpinionChelsea victory for new Barracks designs?
Some of architecture’s great and good have been given an early sighting of the new Chelsea Barracks designs
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Losing out from laissez faire
New thinking is needed in the planning system, but simply ditching all the rules will not improve the built environment
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Your enemy’s enemy is not your friend
Whatever the coalition policies bring, we must avoid any nostalgia for New Labour