More Comment – Page 324
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Steele yourselves
New Architecture Association head Brett Steele is using his first term in charge to knock the building about a bit.
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Havana great time
The entire office of Squire & Partners has just come back from a four-day trip to Cuba.
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Rockin’ to BB71
There is a myth that lots of cheesy 1980s pop bands are still ekeing out a living in the music industry because they are, to quote the overused expression, “big in Japan”.
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Blot-bashing back
The infamous Carbuncle Award in Scotland has been relaunched after a four-year absence and is still unafraid of controversy.
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John Prattsock
I like to call it the ‘wow factor’ — it’s what makes you stop in front of a bit of architecture and say ‘bloody hell’
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Not ready for the Jurassic graveyard
I doubt many are surprised by Bob White’s report (“Profession takes a beating”, News September 30) and the apparent lack of any innovative thinking in the industry at large.
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Time to take sides
As part of a government-funded organisation, Constructing Excellence chairman Bob White should above all understand the fundamental creative value of architectural design instead of attempting to bury it under the groaning weight of the construction industry and so-called mega practices.
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Minding the gap
The RIBA is to be congratulated in asking Bob White — an architect, but better known as former head of construction and project management firm Mace — to chair its Constructive Change panel (News September 30).
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The future’s bright
The Constructing Excellence report was commissioned from Bob White by the RIBA practice committee as part of its Constructive Change agenda.
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The wrong battle
After the Association of Consultation Architects (whose income must be a fraction of that extracted from the profession by Arb) took the initiative and brought BT to the table, Richard Coleman tries to convince us (Letters September 30) that “the board are proactive” in tackling abuse of title.
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Twisting the listings
By discussing with BT the problem of people claiming to be architects — and BT offering to check out these charlatans — ACA vice president Colin Brock has clearly not understood how the situation occurred (News, September 30).
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Vote of confidence
While it is true that my late husband’s archive sustained some damage to its content following an accidental water leak at the RIBA (News September 23), I do not believe this has seriously compromised the quality of the archive as a whole.
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HOK corrections
In Concrete Boots, September 16, your piece suggests that HOK Sport does not become involved in less significant projects, which is incorrect.
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Bill Portal
Neo-Classical network architecture, IMHO, rocks. Pleasing proportions, and the ethernet connection kicks ass
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On viewing the proposed schemes by Alsop and Hadid for a gallery in Edmonton, Canada (News September 23), I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or weep.
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Archive protection
For your top story last week you chose to feature an accident to an important collection while in temporary storage at our headquarters, some three years ago.I very much regret the damage caused at the time (fortunately to prints, not originals) and naturally we have acted to improve the housing ...
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Style is irrelevant
Regarding your article “Adam’s neo-classicism faces public style trial” (News September 16), I live very close to the proposed development and am opposed to it.Much of the aesthetics is a matter of taste, and so I make no comment on what is good design or on other work by Robert ...