More Comment – Page 236
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Sainsbury offers
The Monument Trust is about to receive a very large injection of cash after this week’s sale of art and furniture belonging to its founder, Simon Sainsbury.
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London falling
London is the runaway loser in an “urban liveability” survey compiled by business and style magazine Monocle, which ranks cities by housing quality, urban scale, crime, education and healthcare, alongside necessities like obtaining “a good cocktail in the wee hours”.
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OpinionNorthern rocks
Sheffield School of Architecture’s centenary celebrations in July will have a distinctly South Yorkshire flavour.
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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).
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Lead position
Amanda Baillieu’s leader of June 13 is good on the dilemma for architects in making their education more relevant. But she goes too far in assuming that no one cares who has the good ideas.
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Defining thought
The word sustainable or sustainability occurred no less than 15 times in the June 6 issue of BD.
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Turner round
In abandoning the remarkable Snøhetta and Spence proposal for Turner Contemporary, Margate lost its opportunity to build a landmark regenerative project.
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Title bout
Further to your news item “Arb threatens ‘very ill’ architect” (June 6), I would like to express my sympathy for this gentleman’s circumstances.
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Parry and thrust
The real trouble with Parry’s design for the Holburne (Solutions June 6) was Alexander Sturgis’s insistence on running the top gallery right through.
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Guardian: Interesting buildings must be protected
An editorial in the Guardian on Monday has given implicit support for the campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.
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OpinionThe challenge for Oxford
Next month’s debate on architectural education must accept that professional boundaries are a thing of the past
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OpinionPie in the sky
Boots was intrigued to see a “well presented, split-level maisonette” for sale within the Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar — a snip at £239,950.
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OpinionA design folly sent to test our mettle
The textureless, bland, context-immune metal panel threatens to define our age
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OpinionIs The Public arts centre a waste of public money?
It’s not what West Bromwich needs and it’s not going to kickstart regeneration, says Tony Ward; while Sally Luton argues that it will provide a centre for innovation and creative expression
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OpinionOxford: address education costs
The Oxford Conference meets again on July 22-23 (News analysis June 6). Its title is 50 Years On — Resetting the Agenda for Architectural Education, but it completely overlooks the major issue facing education today: that of affordability.
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Cabe’s shame
Cabe’s response to the proposed Tesco scheme for the historic — and delightful — market town of Hadleigh is deeply depressing and casts doubt on the quango’s credibility.
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Parametric guilt
With reference to Peter Eisenman and Neil Spiller in Have computers damaged architects’ design quality? (Debate May 16) and the subsequent letters, it seems to me that the detractors of computer design are rather missing the point.