More Comment – Page 339
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Taking a stand against PII cheats
I support Arb’s stand against the architects who blatantly decided that they did not require professional indemnity insurance or could not afford it (News April 15. They do the profession no service.
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Fools rush in
Grave disappointment awaited Le Tatlin when, on unveiling his plan for the “Monument to Third International”, he realised there wasn’t enough steel in Russia to build it.
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Asbo on Alsop
The flashy attention-grabbing exploits of Will Alsop’s office contrast sharply with the powerful simplicity of the London Eye, to which the Shanghai Kiss was compared.
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Housing hope
Nothing but truth in your heartfelt lament about the quality of new housing developments (News Analysis April 15).
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Labour blameless
As I read your interesting article, I imagined that those who approved the Trinity Mead housing scheme, which you rightly lambasted, were all Labour councillors.
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No to Nuclear
It comes as a shock that David King advocates a new generation of nuclear power generators (Solutions April 15).
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Time for Tea
How reassuring that design issues are to be placed “centre stage” in Liverpool (News April 8). The initiatives outlined are very welcome, if not a little overdue.
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Tale of two firms
Your article credits my practice as designer of the Dickens theme park (Spotcheck April 15).
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Northern light
I refer to the East of England Regional Assembly’s drive to realise the housing ambitions of the the deputy prime minister, regardless of the wishes of local councils and communities.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Mad for windowsOne of the great things about democracy, besides the riveting general election, is the fact that anyone is entitled write to planning committees to comment on any scheme. One letter of complaint to West Dorset planners about a new scheme in Prince Charles’s Poundbury village is a fantastic ...
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Ian Martin
Strict vagrancy bylaws mean that poor Dorothy can’t stay overnight in the gated community of Munchkinland…
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Green Ken trumps the government
London mayor Ken Livingstone’s dream of transforming the capital’s buildings into a model of sustainability is tantalising.
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Soapbox: Endless contests wont solve housing
It should be a dream position for specialist housing architects.
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Singing my home town blues
How many practices does it take to design a housing development? If you live in Southwark, the answer is 16. If you live in Stratford-upon-Avon, the answer is none. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. Given I was born and brought up in Stratford, I think I’ll cry.
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Life under Labour. How is it for you?
Has Labour been good for architecture or for practice?
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Floored by falconsEveryone who has ever got off a train in Manchester and walked down Piccadilly will be familiar with the gloomy sight of Sunley Tower, home to the Government Office of the North West. Happily, developer Bruntwood has drawn up plans for a £20 million transformation, by Manchester architect ...
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Ian Martin
BOOK SPECIAL:10 spring titles for the discriminating reader to leave on the passenger seat
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Liverpool set on higher purpose
One of the reasons that Liverpool architecture and design standards are so poor is that public expectations, perception and experience of quality modern design are very limited (News April 8).
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Question time
Do my eyes deceive me, or does Charles Kennedy’s pledge to “end central government involvement for local planning appeals” (News Analysis April 8) amount to scrapping the existing appeals system?
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Dont be so sure
I share Chris Shirley-Smith’s concern about the relationship landscape architects have with our architect siblings (Letters April 8).