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Founded on facts
I couldn't agree more with Malcolm Fraser’s views on the “obscenity” of demolishing up to 400,000 houses in northern England (Soapbox May 27).
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Enough talking, join our eco audit
It is the most important issue facing architects in a generation. Housing, schools, hospitals all count by the common question running through everything an architect does now: sustainability.Yes, I know it’s a terrible word, sustainability. It has lost its meaning at the same pace as the issue it represents has ...
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Star appeal of the noblest profession
The news that “the world’s sexiest man” is eager to join the ranks of the world’s noblest profession ought to be enthusiastically embraced as yet another sign of architecture’s irresistible rise.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Haunting houseAt the Offsite conference in Watford on Monday, John Prescott had his 700th tour of the English Partnerships Summit House, designed by PRP. He joked that he felt like the house was “following him around” because it seems to appear at every conference/ summit he attends. Strange, then, that ...
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OpinionCartoon architect with high ambitions
With spiky quiff, round spectacles and loose-fit black suit, Archi the everyman architect and star of the world’s first daily cartoon strip based around an architect, comes to life on a scrap of paper in the BD canteen
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Taking inspiration from Swiss masters
Architecture schools are brimming with nervous energy.
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Get a fair deal on the standard agreement
How much time and money do you spend each year negotiating terms of appointment and collateral warranties?
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Knit witsArchitecture Week later this month means galleries all over the country will race to find original ways to make the profession more accessible and fun. The Here Gallery in Bristol has raised the bar quite considerably, with an exhibition, starting on June 11, which showcases knitted architecture. The gallery ...
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Ian Martin
At Tyburn Hill, capital punishment will be brought into the 21st century via a live feed from Texas
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Pathfinder takes a wrong turning
Malcolm Fraser rightly condemns the insensitive government Pathfinder housing programme for the ecological obscurity that it is (Soapbox May 27).
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No limits for Arb
Jack Pringle, in his open letter to the chairman of Arb, says: “In 1996, when Parliament determined the powers to be given to the newly created Arb, it was made clear that the act was not being passed to enable Arb to become actively involved in compulsory PII.”
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Its good to talk
The normal practice when dealing with a planning application is for the planning officer to phone the architect if they have a problem with a part of the design.
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Signing in vein
I, too, have had a planning application spurned because the application was signed in black fountain pen and therefore apparently impossible to distinguish from the photocopy (Letters May 27).
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Icons square off
How intriguing that, after Alsop and Allies & Morrison’s much-reported “icon vs non-icon” spat, when they were given offices to design in Southwark (News Analysis, May 20) they both produce square glass boxes covered with coloured vertical fins. Maybe they should kiss and make up.Paul Zara, London
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Surely a typo
In response to the Adjaye Associates recruitment advert (Jobs May 27): Architecture studio based in inner London and expanding into Japanese market seeks architectural assistant… with excellent knowledge of Japanese regulations and construction methods. Must be fluent in Japanese and English… Previous experience in architectural practices in both Japan and ...
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Higher purpose
Has anyone noticed how architects are convinced that God is in the details, while the rest of the population insists that it is the Devil who’s in the details. I am wondering what that says about architects?William Dawson, London
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Thames tents
The sturdy red pillars of the old Blackfriars Bridge have stood forlornly redundant in the Thames since the railway bridge that was supported on their shoulders was replaced in 1977
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Government cools on communities plan
With every announcement on housing, Labour seems to make heavier weather of its sustainable communities policy.
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Pulling down houses is not sustainability
The Pathfinder programme — government investment of £2 billion over the next 15 years to revitalise nine northern English urban areas — ought to be magnificent news.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
To the dark sideHollywood has gone architecture crazy. In the same week as superstar architect Frank Gehry announced that Brad Pitt is to design the restaurant in his controversial scheme on the seafront in Hove, Hayden Christensen, who plays Darth Vader in the new Star Wars film, has said he ...