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Russian roulette
The Scots have always gone down well in St Petersburg — mainly thanks to architect Charles Cameron, the wandering Jock who designed several buildings for Catherine the Great in the city’s 18th century heyday.
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Second rate
Arb will no doubt be mulling over its future this week in the wake of confirmation that the Tories’ Quality of Life group is calling for it to be scrapped.
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OpinionThe Office view
Imagine Slough and you imagine the long-suffering staff at Wernham Hogg, subjected daily to the antics of their boss David Brent in BBC sitcom The Office.
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My rug hell
Followers of the saga of Studio Bednarski’s Persian rug will be relieved to know it is finally here.
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Prize chumps
There was jubilation at the offices of Charlotte Skene-Catling when she was told her exquisite Dairy House was on the shortlist for the Stephen Lawrence Prize.
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OpinionClass of ‘84: the way we were
How nice to see your picture of the group of us on the fire escape stair at Riverside Studios back in 1984 (Archive August 31).
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Regional demand
It must be galling for the RIBA to see the scale of government funding paid to Cabe to perform a function which should have been kept in-house (News August 31).
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Spaced out
Will Hurst suggests the RIBA should focus its attention on housing and climate change as the key issues of the day (Leader August 31), but there is little point in doing so if it continues to ignore the fundamental cause of the housing crisis, namely mass immigration.
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Credit control
It was disingenuous of Pascall & Watson and the Ingram Consultancy to attempt to steal the limelight on St Pancras International (Solutions September 7). Their joint role in the project has been much less significant than they might wish others to believe.
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Great minds?
We were interested to see Clash Associates’ proposal for a hotel at Lower Marsh near Waterloo (First Look September 7).
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OpinionTowards a carbon-intolerant architecture
Ian Martin presents a zero-carbon roundup of carbon
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OpinionTories seize the green agenda
The Tories are trying hard to grab the green initiative, but the public remains unconvinced it is being heard
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OpinionSay no to clone-town Britain
The sad tale of Camden’s market offers pause for thought on why we can’t let good things be
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OpinionSave us from a fate worse than Bono
Being honest about the cost of carbon can help the planet and keep the rock stars at bay
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OpinionWill redevelopment destroy Camden’s boho heritage?
Camden Market risks being turned into an anyonymous high street, says Ron Arad; while Nic Sampson counters that his practice’s scheme will enhance the market’s unique character
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Summer school could fill gaps
It is now universally accepted that the schools of architecture no longer teach construction and building technology in the way they did, say, 20 years ago.
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Customer care
Though I disagree with Peter Kellow’s arguments against setting up an expert panel to advise the RIBA president when occasionally giving a view on a project (Letters August 31), I understand them.
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Crying timber
In 2002 I carried out a review of timber’s sustainability as a construction material and found it far from “green”. The increase in global consumption leads to destructive deforestations in the rainforest, which are responsible for greenhouse emissions.
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Size matters
Was Mike Macrae (Letters August 24) having a morning moment where he used too much toothpaste, or was he just frothing at the mouth when he made his comments on Robert Adam’s views on the Holborne Museum in Bath (Letters August 10)?