More Comment – Page 336
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Civility in our publicly accessible privatised social spaces increases in line with the number of things banned
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Whos calling the signature tune
At the risk of prolonging the agony regarding Hackney’s planning process and in response to William Hodgson’s letter, I have further observations on the matter of the “original signature”.
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A law unto itself
William Hodgson refers to the ODPM’s best practice guidance (Letters May 20).
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Women speak out
Following a lot of pressure from our group and others about the all-male line-up for the annual RIBA conference we are pleased to say that at last the RIBA is listening to us.
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Tripping hazard
The methods being introduced to encourage firms to implement the Safety in Design’s Learning Aims and Standards of Competence have prompted me to highlight a worrying trend to readers.
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No surprise
In response to the two stories on West Malling aerodrome (News and Concrete Boots May 6), the Department for Culture, Media & Sport’s decision to list these buildings was no surprise to anyone.
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OpinionTalkbox: Stephen Separovich
Steven Separovich of Conran & Partners is the project architect for the Commemorative Peace Garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
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Arb is taking PII rule too far
An open letter to Humphrey Lloyd, chair of Arb, from Jack Pringle, president-elect, RIBA
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Just the job to improve office design
For many, the office is the setting for a good chunk of life. The place where we spend much of our time, it’s the often unglamorous backdrop to our creative successes and frustrations, our friendships, relationships and rivalries.
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Hopes pinned on the design ber-champ
Tessa Jowell, re-appointed as culture secretary in the new Cabinet, is, we are told, bidding to become a new “über-champion” for good design across government departments.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Use the forceYou would think a seminar on the future of terrace housing would be the one place where you could escape the hype surrounding this week’s release of the new Star Wars film. You thought wrong. Paul Lees of Adactus Housing Group tried to make his talk more entertaining ...
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Culture, as Suzi Towel constantly reminds us, never sleeps — ‘or if it does, it’s only in little naps’
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Solving the housing crisis
Your issue of May 13 raises a variety of complex “solutions” to the housing crisis.
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Election on track
With one week to go, formal entries for the RIBA part-council elections were certainly looking thin (News May 13).
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The wrong culprit
It is hardly fair to accuse architects of a widespread ignorance of flood issues (Solutions May 6).
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Great inspiration
I was very moved by Ellis Woodman’s piece on Colin St John Wilson (News Analysis April 29).
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Make a difference
I was fascinated to read that Make hopes to become the first “carbon-neutral” practice (News May 6).