More Comment – Page 177

  • Opinion

    Highs and lows

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The Strata building by BFLS (News March 26) is surely the nastiest, most aggressive, vulgar building of the last 10 years in London

  • Proctor & Matthews’ Abode housing in Harlow scored high in BfL.
    Opinion

    Are the HCA’s proposed design standards good for housing?

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Floor in the plan: Northview with its proposed glass and zinc additional storey.
    Opinion

    Heatherwick’s pavilion is neighbour from hell

    2010-04-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Opinion

    Paying the price of a Faustian pact

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Will Alsop has left Archial, but the corporation isn’t letting go of his brand quite so easily, says Stephen Bayley.

  • Viñoly’s walkie-talkie was revised following Cabe’s design review.
    Opinion

    Can Cabe be effective if it has to be self-financing?

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Jonathan Glancey
    Opinion

    The fusty critics have a point

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Those die-hard critics of modern architecture sometimes have a point, says Jonathan Glancey, after seeing the characterless commercial development of Bury St Edmunds

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    Misplaced faith in wind power

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Government’s continued backing of domestic turbines defies logic

  • Opinion

    We don’t just plump cushions

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Opinion

    Needing unity

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    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)

  • Opinion

    Backwards step

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    You reported that RIBA president Ruth Reed had refused to condemn low payers (News March 19)

  • Opinion

    Get off the fence

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    As a recent part II graduate myself, I don’t see how the RIBA can allow such low pay

  • Opinion

    Keep up the fight

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    There are three good reasons why Robin Hood Gardens should not be demolished

  • Dreams of our fathers: Liverpool playhouse extension.
    Opinion

    Credit where due

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    I read James Soane’s article on the Liverpool Playhouse (Inspiration March 12) with pride and similarity of experience

  • Opinion

    Abnormal desire

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    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?”

  • Opinion

    Pavilion follows a Serpentine logic

    2010-03-26T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Opinion

    Devaluing the profession

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    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)

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    Victims of a buyers’ market

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    An oversupply of architects has brought us to the shockingly low pay levels we are now witnessing

  • Opinion

    Cheap labour

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Opinion

    Our future’s been outsourced

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    As Tesco starts to recruit from India, British architects should be worried

  • Opinion

    Ease planning

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Last week’s leader berates developers for not getting on with developing derelict brownfield sites