More Comment – Page 183
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OpinionSlow road to professionalism
Boosting social mobility in architecture is hampered by the time it takes to become established
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Capital offence
While reviewing the requirements for the Forgotten Spaces competition (News January 8), we noted the sentence: “The site should be local to the competitor’s workplace or home.” We assumed this must be an unfortunately worded sentence, however, on quizzing the RIBA, this competition is indeed closed off to architects who ...
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Living proof
Ron Barnes (Letters January 8) makes various comments on Cabe’s Building for Life criteria, and then denounces both schemes in your cover story about the Kickstart programme (News December 18) as being unacceptable, judging them, it seems, on the basis of one photograph each
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OpinionWasted energy
While I remain unconvinced that the relatively small amounts of man-made CO2 contribute significantly to climate change, (a belief which seems to me to rely overmuch on weak maths, poor science and too much religion), I have always been in favour of conserving energy and resources
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Correction
The reference to Jay Merrick’s article on Salvation Army Chelmsford (Quoted January 8) incorrectly credited the project to Andrew Hudson
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OpinionGoodwin may prove a wise investment
In a recession, someone with a track record of parting people from their cash has their uses
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OpinionIs the BSF programme a threat to our Victorian heritage?
Yes, says Ian Dungavell, there’s no reason not to reuse our Victorian schools; while Mairi Johnson says we need learning spaces fit for the 21st century
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OpinionSaid to Fred: Caption competition winner
More than 100 of you entered our caption competition to suggest what Fred Goodwin might saying to Peter Morrison as they posed for the cameras, announcing that Goodwin was to become a RMJM employee.
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OpinionA discredit to conservation
Whose idea was the proposed RIBA conservation accreditation (News January 8)?
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History is for all
This whole business of accredited conservation architects has gone too far. It is clearly less to do with old buildings and more to do with new markets
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An end to fee fall
Boots (December 11) misrepresented the Manchester Society of Architects. Ryder Architects’ bid would have been selected on the quality of its proposals and its recent successful completion of Newcastle City Library
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OpinionWork and profit
In the last Boots of 2009 there was a piece on Vicky Richardson that I thought presented a slightly blurred image of her
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Raising the bar
I couldn’t agree more with the basic point of last week’s leader. The quality of many schemes funded by round one of Kickstart is not good enough. But if he thinks Cabe is hamstrung by a contract for doing the assessments, think again
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Don’t kick it
It does on the face of it seem disjointed for Cabe to promote a set of design standards which is apparently ignored by the HCA in making its funding allocations (“MPs call HCA to account over Kickstart standards” News January 8)
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OpinionA challenge to universities
Spending on new higher education buildings has spun out of control as universities lost sight of their true purpose
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Clarification
MUMA wishes make it clear that Julian Harrap Architects worked with it on the Medieval & Renaissance Galleries at the V&A (Works December 11) acting as historic building consultant, and that its contribution was critical to key aspects of the project.
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OpinionWe need to develop higher standards
Increasing housing build costs could rid us of overpriced rabbit hutches
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OpinionIs the Kickstart programme funding substandard homes?
No, says David Birkbeck, it misses the point and there’s confusion over the scoring; while Wayne Hemingway thinks Kickstart is evidence of an industry that chooses not to deliver good design
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OpinionPrince Charles documentary is no oil painting
BBC Wales’s in-depth documentary on Prince Charles, which was planned for last year to coincide with the 40th anniversary of him becoming the Prince of Wales in 1969, has been held up due to allegations of attempted editorial interference
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OpinionYou’ve taken my breath away
Our hermetically sealed buildings may be greener, but life is dull with no fresh air