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Harlow promises
In Harlow North (News June 9), Ropemaker Properties has no specific target for self-comissioned housing - the calculation of 4,000 is entirely speculative.
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Ian Martin
LAB 06: The prospect of a metrosexual mardi-gras has Darcy reaching for the smelling salts
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Silly season campaign isn't the answer
Cabe's campaign focusing on bad design looks suspiciously like one of those ideas dreamt up to fill the airwaves between the health of Rooney's metatarsal and the Cameron charm offensive.
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Mediocrity is just not good enough
It seems churlish, I know, in this week of celebrating all things worthy - architecture, bikes and saving the planet - to come across all maudlin, but I am a Manc after all. And heaven knows, I'm miserable now.
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Self-build already a fine UK tradition
Self-build communities may very well thrive in continental Europe (Leader June 9) but they have a longer history in this country. We do not need to change our planning system to create more.
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Harlow, I love you
Harlow is not such an unlikely place to kick-start a housing revolution. It has a strong history of innovative housing and, indeed, town planning. It has to be acknowledged that not all of it has worked, but also that a great deal of it has, and still does!
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Listing laws
In your story on the Commonwealth Institute (News June 2), learned professionals, though not heritage experts, proclaimed the problems and defects with the institute building.
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Good, but not first
I was pleased to see that BD is continuing its interest in the international humanitarian agenda (News June 2).
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Breath of fresh air
What will be the next step in making homes airtight? (Solutions June 9). Prohibiting the use of opening windows presumably.
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What's in a name?
Phillip Seaward (Letters June 2) apparently wants the Arb to prosecute people outside the construction industry who use the title "architect".
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Corrections
Gareth Pearce has never worked for Rem Koolhaas or his practice OMA, as our report "Olympic Copyright Claim", (News May 19), stated.
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OpinionL'Obscurier
I require absolute silence between my 226 ml of orange juice and the first Gauloise
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Relax and take your eye off the ball
Harlow is an unlikely place to kick start a housing revolution. One of London's eight post-war new towns, it boasts Britain's first pedestrian precinct and its first tower block too, but its days for experimentation seem over.
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London games need landscape architects
Hosting the 2012 Olympics is an opportunity for Britain to shine on a global stage, not just as a sporting nation but as a nation of place-makers. We could win gold for track or water based events. We could also create a place with meaning for our crowded 21st century ...
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OpinionCommonwealth Institute must stay
We disagree with BD (Leader June 2) that the Commonwealth Institute "would not be a huge loss if it were to go". It's a fabulous and dramatic bit of post-war architecture, with a great bit of landscape design by Sylvia Crowe. It's also a very popular landmark. In the last ...
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No need for bill
It is quite wrong for the government to attempt to use primary legislation to delist the Commonwealth Institute. There is no good reason to initiate a Parliamentary bill when there is adequate planning legislation in place which deals with the delisting process.
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Political campaign
I came across a page on the Commonwealth website which suggests the real reason for this political campaign (News June 2).
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Quality control
Recent articles and correspondence have stated that architects from outside the EU have to pay £2,000, pass a 45 minute interview and sit a part III examination to join the register. This is misleading.