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Not for Cotton
Crikey, I seem to have really wound up Mark Cotton with what I thought were fairly innocuous responses to Irena Bauman’s book (Letters May 9).
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Chinese check
I read your leader on the Chinatown revolution (May 2) with dismay. There seem to be conflicting messages these days about how a multiethnic country should move ahead.
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Glancey’s blow
Jonathan Glancey’s comment (April 25) that “no amount of special pleading will make supermarkets physically attractive” is so apt for us in St Albans.
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First choice
Following the RIBA/ACA failure to agree on forms of contract (News May 9), small and young practices would benefit from professional institutions giving them free and accessible education on standardised services agreements.
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Dot to dot results: May 9
The winner of last week’s competition was Ryan Stuckey of Aberdare, who identified Erich Mendelsohn’s Einstein Tower in Potsdam, Germany. He will receive a copy of Jørn Utzon’s Kuwait National Assembly Logbook.
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What the blazes?
Boots’ sympathy goes to Hans van der Heijden, director at BIQ Architecten, who suffered a double whammy on Tuesday.
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So solid crew
Any doubts that the Shard might not happen were firmly quashed this week by Irvine Sellars’ glittering Wednesday night reception at Fishmongers’ Hall for property’s movers and shakers.
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Well versed
Director of the 2008 Venice Biennale Aaron Betsky finally explained his vision for the show to a packed house at the Italian Cultural Institute in London last week.
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OpinionOpen minded
Boots was treated to all-American corporate glamour at the unveiling of Norman Foster’s latest skyscraper in the City of London.
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Culture clash
A curious choice of speaker for the Association of Consultant Architects’ annual dinner at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London.
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OpinionHappiness is not being patronised
I have just settled down following a busy week with a glass of white wine and this week’s copy of BD (News May 2).
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OpinionYou can’t design away bad schools
Good school design improves results. Really? I put my money on the quality of head teachers
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OpinionErased from our memories
The government wants to forget the optimism of sixites and seventies social housing ever existed
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OpinionIs the drive for sustainability killing architects’ creativity?
Austin Williams, author of new book The Enemies of Progress, is convinced it is, but Pooran Desai of BioRegional Quintain has plenty of examples to back his counter-argument .
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It's a bit rich
It has long been my belief that neither I nor any other director of this practice should hold any financial equity in the business.
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Backwards step
Gareth Hoskins’ pavilion for Scotland’s Venice Biennale (News May 2) doesn’t need to comply with any regulations but could have entered into the spirit of inclusive access.
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Press revelation
Some of the architects previously employed by RMJM to work on the Scottish Parliament project appear to be sensitive flowers if the recent correspondence from John Kinsley and Gordon McGregor (Letters passim) is anything to go by.
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Crying shame
As ever, Alan Powers captures the moment perfectly — the Hayward was openly and almost universally reviled (Culture May 2).