More Comment – Page 181
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OpinionVery wound up
News that the practice headed by Richard Seifert’s son John has been wound up by the tax- man might come as a relief to news editors everywhere
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OpinionWhat is Cabe trying to hide?
Withholding Kickstart round one information could do long-term damage to housing standards
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OpinionFame and misfortune
Clarity, I often think, is overrated. As Burke knew, a clear idea is another name for a little idea. But I’d nonetheless like to clarify a small item in last week’s Boots
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OpinionPositively wrong
Your front page (February 5) asks: “Where have all the architects gone?” and reports that the RIBA “doesn’t know where the 2,500 architects who haven’t signed up for Jobseekers Allowance have gone”
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OpinionCough up! A Roman circus is in town
The fate of Colchester’s Roman circus rests in your pocket
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Swede and sour
I was left rather puzzled and bemused by Carolyn Steel’s article (Opinion February 5)
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Quality at a cost
Carolyn Steel’s article on Swedish architectural quality (Opinion February 5) brought to mind my visit to Stockholm about 16 years ago, from which I have two vivid memories
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Power failure
If the London mayor is “confident about Viñoly Battersea plan” (News February 5) then he has not understood it, like so many who are taken in by the highly sophisticated illustrations, he believes the pretty pictures
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OpinionAs we sow, so shall we reap
Raising taxes and cutting public spending will not save us. Only investment can recover our ailing economy
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OpinionIs it OK to run architectural competitions for Haiti?
Gavin Browning argues it’s an architect’s duty to respond to humanitarian disasters, while Cameron Sinclair urges the industry to follow through with its designs — ideas are not enough
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OpinionText assured
Architects fired from projects by text message will be heartened to read that the boot is now on the other foot
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OpinionMaking the best of what there is
As those who don’t get past the headlines (News January 29) could be forgiven for believing that I’m about to recommend a town centre scrappage scheme, perhaps I could make clear that my view is virtually the opposite
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OpinionZero points for zero carbon
The government may have broken its promises over zero-carbon schools but it continues to put its faith in a misleading benchmark
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Post-war journey
Jonathan Glancey’s comment “it would be fascinating to know just how many architects have made their way up from two-up, two- down terraces, council estates, overspill towns and secondary modern schools” (January 22) caused me to reflect on my own experience and those of many of my friends and colleagues
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OpinionBury a car park, not the V&A
A museum extension should raise our sights and spirits, not be hidden underground
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Equitable society
Jonathan Glancey asks to hear from architects who made it from the bottom rung. Before the war my father was a milkman. After it he was a bus conductor. We lived in Tottenham
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Up and around
At the age of 12, I first became aware of buildings. I took to looking at their outward appearance, wondered how they came to be built and how they were used
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London calling
Paul Nicholson (Letters January 22) levels criticism at the entrant criteria of our competition Forgotten Spaces with Design for London and Qatari Diar
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OpinionSitting pretty
Just in case anyone is struggling to make sense of my image (Zumtobel photo competition January 29), as I was, if page 21 is turned through 90 degrees...