More Comment – Page 237
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Left speechless
I have spent much time trying to persuade Scottish architects that the RIBA has the ear of government. Your leader (May 30) suggests this is no longer the case.
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Mixed messages
So George Ferguson thinks the election figures could equally show that regional architects are “happy with the situation” rather than being disaffected (May 30)?
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Clarifications
In last week’s interview with Eric Parry, we mistakenly referred to the refusal of the second planning application. It was, as made clear elsewhere on the page, the first application that was refused.
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OpinionDot to dot results: June 6
The winner of last week’s competition was Mark Barry of Architype, Upper Twyford, who identified Mendelsohn and Chermayeff’s De la Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea.
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Public unions
Adventurous architectural types looking for an unusual wedding venue need look no further than The Public, the controversial £55 million gallery in the West Midlands which finally opens it door next week.
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Badly briefed
In his Zaha Hadid profile in the the Economist’s quarterly style magazine, Jonathan Meades describes the architectural press as “little more than a deferential PR machine” for Zaha and her like. Ouch!
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OpinionOn thin ice
The Architecture Foundation is to leave trendy Clerkenwell for the more establishment surroundings of Somerset House, whose courtyard boasts a popular open-air ice rink in winter and fountains in summer.
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OpinionWe need to see Olympic projects
A visitors’ centre will open people’s eyes to what an incredible project we’re building
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OpinionGet off the couch and fight this blight
An insidious force is stalking the built environment in an effort to undermine architects
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OpinionDesign wobble
Update from Boots’ Jelly Watch team: an eclectic shortlist has been unveiled in the great Architectural Jelly Design Competition, part of the London Festival of Architecture.
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OpinionAre developers ignoring the threat of climate change?
Of course they are, says Cabe campaigns director Matt Bell, but Andrew Teacher from the British Property Federation sees a rapidly growing commitment to sustainable design
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Words worth
Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons has sprung to the defence of John Prescott, whose lack of verbal dexterity has been highlighted, along with his fondness for M&S trifles, as one of his many failings in government.
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Easily bought
Hundreds have marched, and more than a 1,500 signed a petition against Lyons Sleeman Hoare’s proposed new Tesco development in Hadleigh, Suffolk.
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Life and death
RIBA prez Sunand Prasad was involved in a pretty serious debate last week on whether “design really can save your life”.
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OpinionLondon agenda still dominates
Recent articles and viewpoints in BD on the centralisation of the RIBA raise a very important issue which has been disappointingly covered so far.
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Get out of town
Amanda Baillieu misses the point (Leader May 30). Ruth Reed’s comments on the regions reflect her time as RIBA vice president, membership, trudging around the UK listening to members.