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Planning blight
As chair of the Association of Consultant Architects’ planning group, ACA president Brian Waters has asked me to clarify his Debate piece (August 1).
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OpinionLukewarm Bath
The Bath eco-home by ZedFactory (First Look August 1) comes with all the low-energy bells and whistles one should be seen with, but can a 700sq m family home really be called sustainable?
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Bad education
As Noel Farrer says, landscape quality is not embedded in the employer’s requirements before the contract is let (News August 1).
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Power of prayer
The apparent difficulty in finding a viable use for Battersea Power Station might be solved by resurrecting my 1990 scheme for a Metropolitan Mosque.
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Tackle turnout
Congratulations to Ruth Reed for becoming the first woman president of the RIBA.
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OpinionDot to dot results: August 1
Last week’s winner was Heather Roockley of Gelder & Kitchen in Richmond, Yorkshire, who identified Le Corbusier’s Unité D’Habitation.
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OpinionWe need to talk about Kevin
Kevin McCloud is right to want to raise the standard of housebuilding, but first he must learn how to be a good developer
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OpinionBashing Bishop
Architects are deeply worried about the future for architecture in the capital with the absorbing of Design for London into the London Development Agency.
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OpinionWhen the fall guy is a very tall guy
As soon as a crime’s gone down, the TV cameras turn on an innocent tower block...
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OpinionAre architecture students facing a fragile jobs market?
Yes, says Portsmouth School of Architecture’s Pam Cole, we’re heading out of the comfort zone of the past few years; no, says Flacq director Marcus Lee, it’s just a question of persistence
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Loan arranger
These hard-up times must be affecting Mecanoo, the practice that scooped the new Birmingham library project on Tuesday
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Gardens salad
Despite locking horns over the future of Robin Hood Gardens, Boots was intrigued to hear that 20th century architecture champion Alan Powers and English Heritage supremo Simon Thurley enjoyed a spot of supper together this week.
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Sadly, it's a wrap
Geoffrey Reid could have been forgiven for looking forward to a quiet retirement after he left the world of architecture last year.
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OpinionDesign for London RIP
The mayor’s design watchdog had some good ideas, but it never held much sway with the man who created it
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Dot to dot results: July 25
The winner of last week’s competition was Michael Sumner of Williams Lester Architects in Hampshire , who identified Alison and Peter Smithson’s Sugden House.
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OpinionYour breakfast can change the world
Feeding cities has a greater physical impact on the planet than anything else we do
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OpinionShould Britain’s planning services be privatised?
Yes, says Brian Waters of the Association of Consultant Architects, to give planning an injection of resources and vision; no, says Phil Kirby of the Planning Officers’ Society, who wants planning services to remain accountable to local communities
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Social climbing
First there were rats, then the temperature control went haywire. Now a new problem is besetting Renzo Piano’s New York Times building.
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Critical theory
Actor Gabriel Byrne may not have lived in Ireland for 20 years but he still clearly feels a strong attachment.