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Hemingway finds gap in the market
What Andrew Clark (Letters April 7) fails to understand in his attack on Wayne Hemingway lies at the very heart of the problem for architects today.
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Alsop in safe hands
It was refreshing to read Paul Hyett's observation (Letters April 7) on the recent acquisition of Will Alsop's practice by McColl.
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Leeds modesty
It is stretching a point to argue that our building for Isis Waterside Regeneration in Leeds, at a maximum of 14 storeys, is comparable to super-towers by Simpson, Farrell's or Wilkinson Eyre proposed elsewhere in Britain (News analysis April 7). It is in fact modest even by Leeds standards.
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Beware of novelty
Despite the temptation for a snigger from some quarters, your article "Academies could do better" (News March 31) may give the DfES pause for thought in the selection of signature architects and the Building Schools for the Future programme.
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Grid distortion
Extraordinary to hear that Isobel McCall, leader of Milton Keynes Council, thinks "people absolutely love the grid roads" and that they must be protected in their present form against activities developing along them.
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Fountain blame
There were some errors in your article about the Diana Memorial Fountain (News March 24).
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Part 1 graduates have little to offer
Foreign Office Architects denial of claims that they are exploiting students has raised questions about the conditions students experience when entering practice.
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RIBA stifles talent
The RIBA competitions system is not serving the majority of its members and by default, it is not serving the wider public.
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OpinionAn unqualified hit
I was dismayed to see an image of a major scheme entitled "Hemingway Houses" "designed by Broadway Malyan with Hemingway Design". It appears Wayne Hemingway has designed the scheme supported by that well-known firm of technicians Broadway Malyan.
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Never say never
I would like to make it clear that I am not currently working on Phase 2 of Broadcasting House, but in my telephone conversation with BD I in no way ruled it out for the future.
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Alsop opportunity
Cecil Balmond, the late Tony Fitzpatrick, and Peter Rice are three among numerous outstanding design engineers who have developed their careers within an established large practice - in their case Ove Arup. And such is the norm in most other construction disciplines, but not so architecture.
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Optional payment
Is petulance a requirement of Virgin's middle management? Has mixing with flight attendants gone to Joe Ferry's head?
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Mutual support
Ten years ago architects showed how much they valued registration and protection of title. After an epic struggle they persuaded Parliament that protection of title should be retained and the interests of consumers protected with the formation of Arb.
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Old fashioned
Your caption for Benson Forsyth's Nottingham Scheme "the height of the scheme reflects the 19th century buildings" beggars belief! Am I missing something here ?
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Architecture falls from top of the class
It was only a matter of time before the government's ambitious city academy programme was dismantled.
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Design codes: Yeah but no but... no
TV's Little Britain has given us a humourous tour of our landscape and the characters that inhabit it, with their social and cultural diversity. How do we respond to them when deciding how to develop new housing and townscapes? Can we accommodate our idiosyncrasies and celebrate our real little Britain?
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Money problemsMutterings have re-started over Will Alsop's chairmanship of the Architecture Foundation, which meets in a few weeks to discuss how to handle his latest career move. It's not simply that Alsop rarely shows up to trustees' meetings, it's the slightly awkward problem of having the foundation's public face fundraising ...
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Ian Martin
My friend Dusty Penhaligon the ‘conservactionist' is suing the Guardian for satirical libel
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Let Archigram go abroad - and online
While you can't blame Archigram for wanting to cash in, there is something rather pathetic about the archives of one of the 20th century's most important English architects being hawked around town like an explorer's booty.