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OpinionAppraisals work
It is inspiring to read about those who have recognised the crucial link between the “two-way street” of staff appraisals and practices developing as happy, learning and continuously improving organisations. (Practice March 16).
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OpinionShould the RIBA drop its chartered practice scheme?
Jane Duncan defends the institute's controversial new membership scheme, while Tom Jestico fears small practices will suffer
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Listening skills
David Chipperfield endured a torrid time last week while defending his luxury De Vere Gardens apartment scheme to the planning committee and the mostly hostile residents of Kensington & Chelsea.
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Auctioned off
Boots’ mouth is watering after catching a sneak preview of the catalogue for the Architects’ Benevolent Society’s Big Auction, to be held on June 7.
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OpinionTouched up
Iconic London buildings appear as you’ve never seen them before on the Londonist website, which invites users to digitally alter classic capital scenes.
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NY uncharmed
Will Alsop may have thoroughly charmed the Observer’s normally ruthless interviewer, Lynn Barber, in her profile of him in last week’s edition, but the maverick architect is having a tougher time of it on the other side of the Pond.
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OpinionHow to solve a problem like RIBA
Members want the RIBA to be more proactive, but that depends on how engaged architects are with their own institute
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OpinionNot another Babe Ruth-style disaster
Boston faces a loss comparable to the sale by the Red Sox of its iconic player. It must be stopped
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All of us need a green strand
You report that the Building Research Establishment thinks architectural education is lacking in the area of sustainable design (News March 23).
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Olympic rethink
I enjoyed Sean Griffiths’ observations on Mipim 2007 (Opinion March 23); the decadence, the vulgarity, the male testosterone and the leggy blondes.
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Pull the other one
Come on BD! Your Solutions page (March 30) repeated an awful lot of green mumbo-jumbo when describing projects being built in the United Arab Emirates.
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Put context first
Hooray for Ike Ijeh (Letters March 23) who hits the nail on the head with what should have been obvious all along — that the true starting point for any development plan or policy in London (or for that matter anywhere) is the character of the place.
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Boot out Arb
Perhaps the time is now right for the profession to seize back the initiative, boot out Arb and put professional indemnity insurance back on top of the agenda, reorganised in an equitable way.
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OpinionWe were first...
Great article (Solutions March 23) about the work that Andy Ford and Mark Hewitt have been doing with interseasonal heat transfer.
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...this is different
The Archaeolink building (which I know well, and admire) developed by Edward Cullinan Architects and Andy Ford at Fulcrum is a version of the Rocky Mountain Research Centre passive annual heat transfer technology, which is referred to in your article.
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OpinionShould the new CDM regulations be delayed?
With Cameron backing a move to block the new CDM regs, James Preston-Hood says the current proposals don't work, while Sam Webb says the changes are fair and life-saving