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Lammy lament
I thought your criticism of David Lammy was unfair (Focus April 21). The fact that no one knows the name of the minister for architecture is not entirely his fault. The press is also to blame.
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Support the centre
The problems facing the Kent Architecture Centre reflect the challenges regional design centres face (News April 13).
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Snap decisions
I sympathise with Shakir Sufian's concerns regarding photographing London buildings (Letters April 21).
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Density debate
I do not agree with all of the conclusions of Ellen Bennett's article (News Analysis April 7), but the issues of high-density housing raised must be debated.
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Rural views
It was a shame that Ellen Bennett did not talk to the Campaign to Protect Rural England before writing her article about high density development. Had she done so she might not have misrepresented our views.
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House proud
Regarding BD's piece on the advertising of our house (Concrete Boots April 21), we would like to say we were honoured to be selected for Fiona Reid's "advertorial" in Scotland on Sunday.
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Corrections
The £300,000 project designed by Eldridge Smerin in Balsall Common, Birmingham (News April 13), is a sixth-form block rather than a primary school.
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Ian Martin
Why have we allowed our glorious Empire to be foully besmirched by Mr Paxton's ‘monstrous carbuncle'?
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Take architecture away from the DCMS
It is an open secret in Whitehall that the Department of Culture Media & Sport is considered one of the weakest departments, and to be made one of its ministers is the diplomatic equivalent of a posting to Turkmenistan. So, should we pity the ambitious David Lammy, whose portfolio includes ...
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Tories see the value of good architecture
Of all the arts, architecture has the most profound effect on how we live. It gives form to our environment, gives expression to our collective identity and gives us all the opportunity to be inspired daily. Poor architecture doesn't just blight the lives of those condemned to live and work ...
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Learning the value of architecture
The minister for architecture's belief that architecture should be part of everyone's education (News April 13) is to be applauded and, at Open House, this entitlement is already provided to some 10,000 children through our current Junior Open House and Open Up programmes.
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OpinionPhotograph fears
I am a British Muslim architect who, like most architects, is keen on taking pictures of buildings. Although I am clean shaven and quite a regular guy, I am obviously not of Anglo-Saxon appearance.
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Remaining green
Your article entitled "Cutting the Greenwash" (Solutions March 24) underlined the importance of post-occupancy monitoring in buildings designed to be energy-efficient which are failing to achieve their design targets.
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Stop the infighting
I wholeheartedly share Owen Luder and Frank Duffy's regret (Letters April 7) that in-fighting has been a feature of the RIBA/ Arb relationship, due, as I see it, to the board's determination to extend its responsibility for registration to include regulation - a comprehensive role which arguably stretches its powers ...
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Corrections
We reported last week (Power play April 13) that the London Borough of Brent was allowing the demolition of the Firestone building. The building being demolished is in fact Giles Gilbert Scott's Guinness building at Park Royal. The Firestone building on the Great West Road was demolished in 1979. Apologies ...
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OpinionSuzi Towel
We've put Big Ben and Beatrix Potter's bungalow in breadcrumbs and you have to guess which is which
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If I were London's design director ...
Does London need a design director to bang the table for better architecture in the capital? If such a post is to be created it is because there is a certain desperation by London's civic leaders to see some action.
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Uniting old and new to create rich legacy
Last week Peter Rees said he could not understand why English Heritage has commissioned a study of the whole Smithfield/ Farringdon area (News April 7).