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Responsible idea
We have just received a letter from Hackney planning authority pointing out that a scheme we designed has not been built or occupied in accordance with the planning approval. The letter states that unless we comply with the planning permission we will receive an enforcement notice.
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OpinionGoolish interest
Being an amateur thespian, I always wanted to be involved in theatre design during that part of my career when I was actually designing. How I longed to correct the provision for dressing room space, which was so often relegated to a couple of dingy, airless cubby holes or the ...
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Fashion victims
OK, I’ve had enough! So most 1960s and 1970s public housing was a disaster, architects are largely to blame, and we must beat our breasts and plead guilty to the destruction of the city. Let us look at the facts.
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Pick up the baton
Following the fiasco of the Wembley Stadium redevelopment, fears have been raised that the ambitious 2012 Olympics project, which will result in a significant regeneration of parts of London’s East End, may run over time and budget.
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Ian Martin
The developers’ job is to hoodwink, not inspire, which makes them much more of a laugh than architects.
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OpinionA Canterbury tale — but this isn’t funny
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s famous words, to hash up one rebuilding of a city is unfortunate, but then to mess it up a second time is unforgivable.
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OpinionSuzi Towel
Hey, guess who’s agreed to run the three-legged race with Ricky Gervais? That’s right, muggins here! :-)
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Colleges could also benefit from Cabe
While Cabe’s involvement in Building Schools for the Future is welcomed, can this initiative not also be urgently extended to embrace further education?
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OpinionWeather warning
Nicholas Stern has emphasised that “what happens to our climate in the next 20-30 years is already determined. Our actions in the next 20-30 years will affect the decades after that.”
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Playing with fire
We carbon-based life forms do not share Trevor Butler’s enthusiasm for zero carbon, whichever way it is spun out.
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Ban buzz words
David Littlefield’s call for the worlds largest PV array (Soapbox January 26) was heard by us seven years ago when we were prepared to build it as part of a dynamic new roof structure for Edinburgh’s dilapidated Waverley Station.
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Copyright catch?
I refer to your item “Design the zero carbon home of the future” (News January 19). The competition outlined is a commendable initiative.
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Celebrity bid
Re Banged up with Alsop (News January 12). So, inmates will be living in goups of 12 with enclosed garden, eh?
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Wheres Alsop?
As usual last Friday your publication The Will Alsop Weekly dropped through my letterbox.
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Where will Foster’s surprise move end?
It is clear from the hastily written email to clients that Norman Foster was caught on the hop this week when news leaked out that he was looking to sell or partly float his practice.
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Ian Martin
Norman could be the wise leader at the back, pootling around in his titanium hoverchair
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Responsibility for 60s falls on many
If Simon Jenkins wants a “Truth & Reconciliation Commission” (News January 12) to apologise for the housing crimes of the 1960s then he will need to cast his net wider and catch in it more than just members of the RIBA.