More Comment – Page 277
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Streets wise
The shared surface/space concept (News June 8) is well established and proven in practice, and aims to adjust the skewed balance between motor vehicles and other users in urban areas.
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OpinionIn the dark
It was illuminating to read the piece about “green lighting” (Solutions May 25), especially the 998 LEDs on the Sackler Crossing in Kew Gardens.
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London luvvies
Despite my suspicions that Cabe was a quango for London luvvies, I naively applied recently for one of 31 positions on its newly formed school panel. This reviews educational schemes and attempts to raise architectural standards.
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OpinionRelative value
I wonder how the £111 million spent on the refurbishment of the Festival Hall compares with its original cost. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Homes alone
I refer to your excellent report on the Thames Gateway (May 18). I was a social housing architect for 18 years with the Peabody Trust, and in my experience quality comes at a price — finances, time, inclusiveness and ownership.
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OpinionStepping in won't stop the rot
Heritage bodies must realise that some buildings are ill served by being on a list — and St Peter’s Seminary is one of them
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OpinionExposing PFI’s dead hand
Manchester’s fantastic new civil justice centre is proof positive of the benefits of being liberated from PFI
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OpinionWe can learn from Victorian values
Glasgow’s architectural unity transcends style. So why don’t today’s designers get it?
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OpinionShould housing associations use partnering agreements?
Cyril Sweett says give member architects more work, but Walter Menteth argues that they thwart the talented
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Eminent power
Bad girl of Brit Art Tracey Emin, who represents Britain at the Venice Biennale opening next week, has moved quickly to renovate the British Pavilion, which was not to her liking.
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Frankly speaking
Looking for an outfit to turn heads at the office summer party? Boots may have found the answer to every young architect’s dilemma — a t-shirt from www.itsasickness.com, tastefully emblazoned with the logo FUCK FRANK GEHRY.
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Urban smash
Landmark buildings in London are tumbling down as fire and floods ravage the City.
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Still waiting
The tricky task of designing bus shelters has dogged Transport for London lately, with aesthetic concerns prompting a review of a scheme for 11,800 new shelters.
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OpinionHome front
Readers might be surprised to learn that Will Alsop has any spare time, but in between coming up with ideas for buildings he, er, sketches ideas for buildings.
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Fifth columnist
Not content with stoking the war of words with Ken over skyscrapers, Westminster council is deploying a controversial press officer on the tall buildings beat.
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OpinionSixties add-ons not all bad
Congratulations to you and the architect Allies & Morrison on the superb refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall (Works June 1).
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Positive feedback
As a contribution to the debate about how to improve late 20th century modernist icons it is a shame Christopher Woodward’s feature on the Royal Festival Hall was not more positive about improvements to the RFH auditorium.
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Depressing view
My stroll last Sunday along the riverside upper deck of the Royal Festival Hall in anticipation of its opening this Friday after the £92 million refit was depressing.
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Making a stand
The question of whether or not architects, as a profession, should engage in politics (Debate June 1) is determined by what you accept to be the role of a professional.
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Shaky ground
Charles Jencks (Letters June 1) might be interested to know that there was no such state as Palestine in 1907 as the area was part of the Ottoman Empire.