More Comment – Page 193
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OpinionSearch for the Scottish spirit
Scottish architects can’t bemoan being overlooked in their homeland if they don’t offer anything distinct
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OpinionBut we don’t do violence
It is intriguing to see how passionate St Petersburg’s residents are over the Gazprom tower proposals
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Fees failure
In his article (Opinion August 28) Paul Morrell applauds the virtues of the RIBA Plan of Work. I fully endorse his comments but would add a caveat
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OpinionHidden agenda
Architecture can be quite annoying. Is the taste of the designer, the lack of knowledge of the developer or the government liable for schemes such as Rafael Viñoly’s revised Battersea Power Station scheme (News September 4)?
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Fretton focus
I don’t see why being a Frettonite should inhibit your appreciation of other people’s buildings (“RIBA denies claims of Stirling favouritism”, August 28)
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Stirling rethink
How about introducing more categories to the Stirling Prize — best individual house, best education building, best conservation project?
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Beyond vodka
Your feature “Is there life after architecture?” (News analysis August 28) is really helpful, but we can’t all become fashion designers or invent a new type of vodka
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OpinionThe vicious circle of Slumdog city life
As we strive to create bigger and better cities, we are squeezing out the basic needs of life
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OpinionIs this the beginning of the end of the recession?
The signs look positive, says Chris Johnson of Gensler; a cut in public spending is going to cut the industry hard, warns Noble Francis, economics director of the Construction Products Association
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OpinionBookies eye the prize
The bookies have an interesting take on BD’s story about allegations of favouritism at this year’s Stirling Prize
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OpinionJury still out on Stirling Prize
Building Design should know better than to uncritically repeat the charges of favouritism being levied at the Stirling Prize jury by the most predicable chorus
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OpinionPick your battles with care
Reed should focus on quality not quantity if she wants her legacy at RIBA to overshadow her gender
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OpinionPall Mall palled
That Peter Davey of all people writes in praise of New Zealand House I find surprising (BD Magazine June)
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OpinionLet’s go slow for fast trains
High-speed rail links sound attractive, but getting the slow ones to work properly should be the priority
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Carbuncle bungle
There can be no argument that contemporary architecture in Aberdeen — one of the UK’s wealthiest cities — is irredeemably awful
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A Poultry effort
Should you ever consider instating such a thing as a Carbuncle Lifetime Achievement Award, I’d like to nominate the pink and off-white monstrosity Peter Palumbo erected in place of the Mappin & Webb Building at 1 Poultry.Chris Gregory via bdonline
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Big guns out
Your leader and Peter Murray’s letter on Chelsea Barracks (August 14) have their facts wrong. Many of the facts can be found in our letter of July 17
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OpinionRemembering and forgetting
Memorials to deaths from combat and ‘terrorism’ make a poor substitute for uncovering the truth