More Comment – Page 297
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Park and chide
The recent highly public Northala fields controversy (News October 13) was triggered by Ealing’s newly elected Conservative council’s plans to divert £750,000 of the spoil-generated income to other projects.
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Ian Martin
Entrepreneurs could be imported, housed in gentrified terraces and encouraged to breed. Remember to invoice Ruth Kelly
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OpinionRise and rise of the panel show
Regional and city design review panels are becoming ever more widespread. But are they any good, and without statutory powers, do they have the teeth to make a difference?
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Libeskind’s lesson on finding the positive
As Daniel Libeskind admits, much of what an architect does is performance. Buildings have to be defended linguistically as well as visually but few architects are as convincing as he is when it comes to communicating ideas. Yet, as he admitted last week, it can be a struggle.
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Thames Gateway — a sustainable vision
It strikes me that some really stark choices face the politicians, developers and quango-meisters meeting to discuss the development of the Thames Gateway next week.
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Photos belie Fife’s humane centre
Contrary to some of your letters, most people who have experienced the Maggie Centre in Fife find it warm and friendly.
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It works for us
I was interested to read such a variety of comments from BD readers on Zaha Hadid’s design for Maggie’s Fife.
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Disposed drawings
As the two tutors most involved with sixth year students from 1974 to 1990, we would like to express our dismay at the destruction of so much of their original design drawings and models.
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Still shining
It was disappointing to read the comments about the Sheffield School of Architecture from my former colleague and friend Peter G Fauset (Letters September 29).
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Protection plans
I do not believe that abolition of grade II* listing will significantly reduce the complexity of dealing with heritage (News October 20).
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Tip of the iceberg
This is the right time to support Richard Rogers and others in their campaign to put good architecture at the forefront of the procurement process for the Olympics (to which Roger Zogolovitch’s excellent letter in BD November 10 refers).
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Housing renewal needs quality control
Anyone who has struggled in assembling a Billy bookcase from their local Ikea may wonder what challenges await those brave enough to buy one of their prefabricated homes.
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Save our Olympics from disaste
In response to your editorial (November 3), I share your concerns and am growing increasingly despondent about the Olympics procurement process.
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Piqued practice?
Richard Saxon’s support of the RIBA Chartered Practice Scheme (Letters October 20) has no detail of what is on offer but tellingly finishes with the remark: “Chartered practice status will keep ‘them’ employable and attractive both to clients and to staff”.
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Like it or lump it
Johnny Holland (Letters October 27) raises the subject of so-called “flash architecture”.
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Zahas sculpture
It is difficult to judge Zaha Hadid’s cancer care centre (Works October 27) when the photographs lack people or any other sign of occupation.
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Entrance to Hades
Ellis Woodhead calls Zaha Hadid’s Maggie’s Centre in Fife “architecture of a very high order”.