More Comment – Page 268
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Knock it off
It’s not that almost all the 47 practices shortlisted for the Olympic village are from London that we object to (News Analysis August 24).
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Host the most
I call for a rethink of the Olympics for future hosts. Instead of one city absorbing all that the Games brings, perhaps it should be more of a para(city)c event, with regional cities more involved not only in the design, but also getting some form of parasitic venue with a ...
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Burning issue
We have had timber buildings for hundreds of years, limited to three, possibly four storeys, so that fire protection of the structures was not considered necessary.
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OpinionCabe’s unfulfilled ambition
The watchdog should return to its original mission of spreading skills
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Comment of the day: Desperately seeking Darcy
Ian Martin breaks the bad news to an eager reader
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OpinionDoes Coin Street's tower compromise its principles?
A complete lack of affordable housing makes this tower a liability to the area, argues Michael Ball; while Iain Tuckett says it is the only way to provide the community with a much-wanted swimming pool
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Comment of the day: Quality Down Under
Australian firms do produce quality architecture, insists Andrew Noonan
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Comment of the day: RIBA the watchdog
Is the RIBA right to set up a design review panel? You bet, says Lee Mallett
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OpinionA step too far for the RIBA?
The RIBA’s plans for a design quality panel have merit — but potential pitfalls too
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OpinionShould multi-storey timber frame building be halted?
Should multi-storey timber frame building be halted? After last week’s huge fire at a block of flats in central Hatfield, Martin Clarke wants a moratorium on this construction type, while architect Andrew Waugh argues for tighter site safety
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OpinionFaltering finger on the local pulse
As electronic upstarts replace local papers, who will shape our ‘imagined communities’ of the future?
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OpinionWhat an energising, self-built community
Ian Martin judges a self-build teepee contest at the Camp for Climate Change at Heathrow.
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OpinionVital ‘no set-off’ clause must stay
Despite Richard Brindley’s claims (News August 10), two solicitors specialising in construction law have advised that the ‘no set-off’ clause is fully enforceable in consumer contracts, provided the consumer has the term explained to him and agrees to it beforehand. The regulations specifically provide for this.
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Olympic safety
The Olympics should be a wonderful showcase for all aspects of the UK’s construction industry (News August 10).
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Bridge the gap
What was missing from the long discussion I had with your journalist for your story on the Minneapolis bridge collapse (News August 10) was the reference to the need for engineer and architect to work in close collaboration from the outset, not to see the bridge architect as simply fiddling ...
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... don’t widen it
The US bridge tragedy seems to have prompted a new round of inappropriate and irrelevant “engineer vs architect” headlines in search of a story, with a reasonable debate on the promotion of good bridge design portrayed as a “clash” between professions.
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OpinionBroad appeal
While I would agree with Saul Metzstein (Opinion August 3) over the high- rise housing “solution” for Cambridge shown on TV, I cannot endorse his view of David Dimbleby’s How We Built Britain series, which I thought was excellent, light-hearted and ideal material for encouraging many viewers to take a ...
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Washed out
Oh, not again. How many times do we have to read Robert Adam’s sad, historicist ranting?
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Lobby your MP
Why do we never hear it for Ian Martin? He has written a great column for years.
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Be an insider
Edward Jarvis (Letters August 10) is quite right: get elected and influence from the inside!