More Comment – Page 177
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Opinion
Highs and lows
The Strata building by BFLS (News March 26) is surely the nastiest, most aggressive, vulgar building of the last 10 years in London
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OpinionAre the HCA’s proposed design standards good for housing?
No, says Stewart Baseley, the cost of meeting them will slow the flow of much-needed new housing; while Richard Simmons argues that we need to know every penny is well spent
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OpinionHeatherwick’s pavilion is neighbour from hell
Dandelion clockBoots’ patriotic heart is all aflutter over the ecstatic reception given to the British pavilion at Shanghai, with a steady stream of locals fence-hopping into the site in an effort to see Thomas Heatherwick’s giant dandelion up close.It’s not such good news for John Körmeling, designer of the Dutch ...
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Paying the price of a Faustian pact
Will Alsop has left Archial, but the corporation isn’t letting go of his brand quite so easily, says Stephen Bayley.
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OpinionCan Cabe be effective if it has to be self-financing?
Yes, says Brian Waters, particularly if it were a statutory body; while Roger Zogolovitch argues that if it were funded by private sector fees would fatally damage its impartiality
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OpinionThe fusty critics have a point
Those die-hard critics of modern architecture sometimes have a point, says Jonathan Glancey, after seeing the characterless commercial development of Bury St Edmunds
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OpinionMisplaced faith in wind power
Government’s continued backing of domestic turbines defies logic
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OpinionWe don’t just plump cushions
Ed Hollis writes (Opinion March 19) that interior design “lacks a body of sufficient scale and authority to protect and articulate their interests”. This is both inaccurate and untrue
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Needing unity
I was saddened to read that some practices are offering young architects dangerously long hours and salaries that fail to meet the minimum wage (News March 12)
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Backwards step
You reported that RIBA president Ruth Reed had refused to condemn low payers (News March 19)
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Get off the fence
As a recent part II graduate myself, I don’t see how the RIBA can allow such low pay
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Keep up the fight
There are three good reasons why Robin Hood Gardens should not be demolished
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OpinionCredit where due
I read James Soane’s article on the Liverpool Playhouse (Inspiration March 12) with pride and similarity of experience
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Abnormal desire
On your back page (This Week March 19), Jacques Herzog is quoted as saying “Our public projects are often extraordinary —I almost feel as if I need permission to think: can I do something normal here?”
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OpinionPavilion follows a Serpentine logic
Boots is finding the news that the Serpentine Gallery’s 2010 summer pavilion is to be designed by Jean Nouvel a little hard to square with the programme’s aim of bringing untried talent to British shores
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OpinionDevaluing the profession
In the summer I had an interview with James Parritt, who claimed Parritt Leng had plenty of work and was not feeling the recession like other practices, contrary to partner Kuan Leng’s comments (News March 12)
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OpinionVictims of a buyers’ market
An oversupply of architects has brought us to the shockingly low pay levels we are now witnessing
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Cheap labour
During the last major downturn I applied for a job advertised for a part II architect. During the interview I was told that my role would involve mostly dealing with the public on the telephone
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OpinionOur future’s been outsourced
As Tesco starts to recruit from India, British architects should be worried
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Ease planning
Last week’s leader berates developers for not getting on with developing derelict brownfield sites