More Comment – Page 301
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Postal precedent
The will of the Arb Reform Group, comprising architects democratically elected by the profession, has been circumvented by the ploy of using an extraordinary postal vote.
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Well disposed
As head of the school of architecture at the University of Sheffield, I would like to respond to Peter Fauset’s letter (September 29).
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Carbon allowances are a fair solution
It is not only the Conservatives who are facing difficulties reconciling a green agenda with cheap airfares.
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David Oncamera
Getting ready for the responsibility of government is like building a house together
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What we must learn from Copenhagen
Copenhagen has its share of yobs, drugs and drinking culture but is blessed with being a gentler and more tolerant city than many of its European counterparts — and much more so than some of our own metropolitan centres and “uburbs”.
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Suburban or urban — it’s one debate
As everyone piles into the great suburban debate (News September 29), it’s worth a quick reality check.
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Cut the crap
Why does everyone get their knickers in a twist whenever the suggestion emerges that suburbs might work as environments for people to live in? (News September 29).
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It’s unsustainable
Jon Rouse (News September 29) is wide of the mark in his comments in praise of suburbia:
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Scrap the scheme
The RIBA has postponed its chartered practice scheme by six months to allow practices more time to prepare for its requirements.
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Keeping a distance
We have the first ethnic minority president of the RIBA and he has rejected the idea of becoming a role model for others of his ethnic background (News September 22).
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Misplaced blame
In my letter published in BD September 22, I expressed concerns I have since discovered to be entirely untrue, concerning the selection of an architect for a project that our practice was keen to secure.
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OpinionCapital idea
Shouldn’t your magazine be re-named “London Interiors” (with a token provincial scheme thrown in as a guilt trip)?Paul Gregory, Liverpool
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A lot of hot air?
It would be useful to know from people like Nicky Gavron (Soapbox September 15) who are in the position of instituting policy with regards to carbon emissions, whether or not they have any idea if their proposals will work.
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Making a splash
I write as a former councillor in the London Borough of Camden, about a local building, Kentish Town Baths.
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Suburban lessons for Thames Gateway
What should we make of John Rouse’s outburst that the suburbs are where we would all really want to live if only we had the choice? Admitting you live in suburbia is not unlike confessing to enjoying boating holidays on the Norfolk Broads — actually quite pleasant but not at ...
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OpinionIan Martin
John Reid is called something unprintable, though architects will recognise it as a synonym for planner
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OpinionReligious buildings needn’t be divisive
In the current political climate you might have noticed a certain hysteria associated with all things Islamic.
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Undiverse views on diversity
I attended the Stephen Lawrence lecture Ground Zero: Does Diversity Matter? and listened to Richard Rogers and Sunand Prasad talk in agreement on the subject of race and opportunity, so I was surprised when you reported the opposite last week.