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OpinionIs Boris Johnson right to bring back Parker Morris standards?
Yes, because we need a proper debate on space, says English Partnerships director of policy Steve Carr, but Andrew Whitaker, head of planning at the Home Builders Federation believes modern demands need different solutions
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We need heroes
The disgraceful treatment of Richard MacCormac’s practice by the BBC (News June 20) can only be understood in the broad context of the nationwide attack on the independent professions and their traditional role as a bulwark against the overweening power of the state and the market.
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Shock therapy
Every time the presidential campaign comes around, someone criticises the RIBA and the staff come over all shocked (News June 20).
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Turn it up
All that is necessary for bad men to succeed is that brave men do nothing... why shouldn’t presidential hopefuls confront the RIBA’s way of doing things — with top heavy committees looking after whose interest?
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Hopes dashed
I read the the story about EU-qualified staff now being able to work in the UK (News May 30) with high hopes, and dashed off to confirm with Arb that this finally puts an end to the issue of recognition of my Polish part I and II qualifications..
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Sarky comment
Your leader and first news item on page 2 last week throw up an interesting question.
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OpinionDot to dot results: June 20
Last week’s competition winner was Vaclav Sliva of White Ink Architects, Belfast, who identified the Schroder House in Utrecht by Gerrit Reitfeld.
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Sensitive soul
A few days later, Boots caught up with Chipperfield again at the Soane, this time at a debate on the Neues
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Power vacuum
Asked to comment on Rafael Viñoly’s massive Battersea Power Station proposals — roundly condemned by his predecessor George Ferguson — RIBA president Sunand Prasad said: “I’m not going to remark on that.”
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Out of time
Boots trusts that last weekend’s RIBA NW Spring Ball didn’t send out too ominous a message about architects’ ability to complete their buildings on time.
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Debate rejects call for counter-terrorism design
“Every special interest group in the country wants architects on their side to carry their paranoia!” cried architect Piers Gough, speaking at an RIBA Building Futures debate last night on the culture of security-conscious design. “Don’t listen to them!”
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Sunand Prasad: Robin Hood reinvented social housing
In an article in the Guardian on Thursday, RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit back at Simon Jenkins' condemnation of Robin Hood Gardens. Prasad argues: "Robin Hood Gardens reinvented social housing and was designed by people who were anything but cynical about future residents."They were not part of the numbers ...
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OpinionHow MacCormac went wrong
Richard MacCormac put up a heroic fight against the BBC, but their correspondence hints that he lost the plot
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OpinionKeep the whip hand on 2012 spending
As the mayor’s man on the Olympic project, does David Ross hold a poisoned chalice?
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OpinionCan architects be trusted to design bus shelters?
This challenging brief demands the best, says Design Museum director Deyan Sudjic, but Lorraine Gamman says industrial designers may be better suited to the job
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OpinionTesco will be our carbuncle
Thank you for highlighting the activities of Cabe over Tesco’s proposed store in Hadleigh, Suffolk (News June 6).
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OpinionHis master’s hand
Tony Leitch’s contribution to the Robin Hood Gardens saga struck a chord (Letters May 23).