More Comment – Page 176

  • To you, just £15-20k.
    Opinion

    German steely about Orbit

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit tower for the 2012 Olympics has been widely slammed by commentators in Britain. And now the Germans are having a go

  • Ellis Woodman
    Opinion

    Danger of sidelining building

    2010-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Election pledges to defend public sector jobs ignore our responsibility to decrease carbon emissions

  • Opinion

    How Londoners lost the space race

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The 100 Public Spaces scheme would have given the city its Olympic legacy

  • Opinion

    The land that Pevsner forgot

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    No one is charting the new buildings that are springing up to swamp our cities

  • Opinion

    Ignore low pay at your peril

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The institute’s refusal to take action over low pay — or even debate it — exposes it as aloof from its members

  • Opinion

    Election fever

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    With apologies to John Masefield

  • Opinion

    Support fair pay

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    BD’s recent articles on low pay give an unclear picture of both my views and the institute’s position on this important issue

  • Opinion

    Money talks

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The low pay debate is tricky, but is “exploitation” the right word to use? I’d say wages are low because industry fees are low, and getting lower

  • Opinion

    Not so cushy

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    After some 27 years as a professional interior designer/decorator it frequently ruffles my feathers — never mind those in cushions — to find that interior design is still considered by many as a “housewives’ hobby” (Opinion March 19, and Letters March 26 and April 1)

  • Wind power: “unreliable”.
    Opinion

    Wind chill factor

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    You have rightly sparked off a debate on the thorny question of whether faith in wind power is misplaced (Leader March 26)

  • Opinion

    Steel yourselves

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Politicians, businessmen, artists and their edifices… a tale as old as time itself (“Anish Kapoor unveils Olympic sculpture” bdonline)

  • Opinion

    Should architects welcome a change of government?

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    Yes, says Chris Phillips, architects will benefit from Conservative proposals; while Paul Fletcher says the current government has a good track record

  • Opinion

    Quality of Mersey

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The carefully chosen photo of Liverpool’s waterfront (above) on the front of new Government Statement on the Historic Environment is meant to be a perfect example of the government’s careful stewardship of the built environment

  • Opinion

    Dongtan, icon of our vanishing future

    2010-04-01T00:46:00Z

    Two years after its ravishing images wowed the media, there is still no sign of an eco-city

  • Opinion

    New Labour’s sorry legacy

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Looking at the state of the built environment after 13 years, it’s no surprise that Cabe and the HCA’s futures are in doubt

  • Opinion

    Earning their licence to build

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Never mind architects learning how developers work, developers should have to learn how architects work before they are allowed to build

  • Opinion

    Institute fails to reflect interiors

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    I read Diana Yakeley’s comments (Letters March 26) with much interest and, I have to say, incredulity.

  • Opinion

    To the letter

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Regarding your story “Arb fines Nottingham architect £1,000” (News March 26), I am amazed that a project commissioned in 2006 should have been entered into without a proper architect’s appointment in place. Hindsight has nothing to do with it

  • Nouvel’s Serpentine design.
    Opinion

    Bankable names

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Jean Nouvel’s design for this year’s Serpentine pavilion (News March 26) is only the most recent of the series of pavilions designed by established, older and bankable architects who clearly rarely have the time to pay proper attention to the project (I except the brilliant Sanaa)

  • Opinion

    It’s not personal

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    In defence of Ruth Reed’s refusal to condemn low-paying practices (News March 19), she does agree with the thrust of what we have all said