More Comment – Page 289
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Arbs abuse
Hooray for the courage of Ian Salisbury and well done to BD for another piece of dazzling investigative journalism (News March 2).
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Brighter future
The alleged use of £110,000 of registrants’ money to prevent Ian Salisbury from making public his legitimate questioning of Arb’s interpretation of the Architects’ Act is an affront to every architect who pays to keep Arb in business.
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Loopy legacy
New Labours’ surprising London legacy will be a skyline peppered with a motley collection of weird and wacky “spec” towers.
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OpinionA world made better by sweaters
Drawing up the shortlist for the New Islington bridge competition announced this week, Nick Johnson is delighted by a vision in merino wool
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OpinionSpreading suburbia hits the jackpot
Popular despite its degeneracy, Las Vegas is succumbing to suburbia
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OpinionViñoly tower is in fine tradition
On March 6, Cabe and English Heritage will appear on opposite sides at the public inquiry into Rafael Viñoly’s tower at 20 Fenchurch Street. The issue here is about how great cities change to meet new challenges. It is about the extent to which they can break with tradition when ...
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New museums for the 21st century
Museum of Urban Poverty, Sao Paulo: Toyo Taverso’s glittering conscience-tweaker is located in a comparatively safe area of this vibrant megabigalopolis. It encompasses both the dark side and the fun side of poverty. Playing with notions of inside/outside and sophisticated/stupid, Taverso’s gallery plan traces the outline of a gun. The ...
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OpinionIs money at the root of the crisis at English Heritage?
Paul Velluet blames government underfunding for the heritage body's woes but Robert Adam argues the crisis runs much deeper
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OpinionThe cost of closed debate
Arb’s actions in preventing a board member from revealing information raises important questions for the profession
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Horror of towers
You devoted much of your leader last week to support the proposed tower for 20 Fenchurch Street.
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No to second city
I agree with Glenn Howells that Birmingham is a wonderful place (Debate February 23) but it is badly served by harping on about it being the “second city”. And Manchester will do itself no favours by joining the debate. What seems light-hearted banter is easily seen as a synonym for ...
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Energetic riposte
A different slant on energy use. I have received a copy of a trade magazine printed in Singapore and AIRMAILED to the UK.
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Star struck
I read with dismay that the local development authority’s otherwise commendable plans to revitalise Blackpool’s seafront include yet another scheme to needlessly light up our already light polluted skyline and waste yet more energy.
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Why did these two kill? We cannot turn away
My son’s murder shows there is much work to be done, says John ap Rhys Pryce on his decision to set up the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust
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Comments from visitors to bdonline
Is EH right to fight Vinoly's tower? Who's responsible for the Stockholm library competition fiasco? And how cool is Alsop's prison rethink which features on our Cool Wall? Read what visitors to bdonline have been saying on all our stories
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The Audit Office's verdict on City Academies
Tony Blair’s controversial City Academies programme has been given a cautious thumbs up by the influential National Audit Office.