More Comment – Page 341
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Final draught
As an environmental engineer, I am frequently reminded of the ignorance of designers and contractors about the mundane matter of how to make buildings well insulated and airtight.
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Saving Gracie
I refer to my comments about working on Ralph Erskine’s Byker estate (News Analysis March 24).
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Perfect gene pool
I was surprised, given the recent 50/50 Campaign, that BD did not encourage the couple hoping to create a DNA-screened architect baby (News April 1) to opt for a female baby.
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OpinionPeter Beecham
Peter Beecham is director of heritage protection at English Heritage, which last week became responsible for the listing system
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OpinionCold comfort in the Arctic
What does global warming look like? The answer is a coffin — thousands of them in fact
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OpinionIn too deep
Just when you thought icon and context were at opposite ends of a debate about modern architecture that raged throughout last year, along comes a worrying new trend where the icon is the context
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Local champions need independence
If you went to the Urban Summit in Manchester looking for inspiring architecture, you would have been disappointed.
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ODPM wants you to have the write stuff
Are you one of those architects who thinks you can let the genius of your scheme speak for itself?
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Twin towersThe similarity of Barcelona’s Torre Agbar tower to London’s Gherkin has been well remarked upon, but another example of architectural twinning has caught the eye of an eagle-eyed Chinese reader. A Guangzhou resident has contacted the China Daily newspaper to complain that the city’s new TV tower bears an ...
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Ian Martin
My flood-plain houses are to be called in. Good luck retrieving the Alpine Bungalow model — it’s halfway to France by now
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Jowellism, the new philistinism
The heritage heresy headlined in BD (News March 24) suggests that a) the term philistinism has now been comprehensively eclipsed by Jowellism, and b) the proposed procedure should more appropriately be applied to an obviously redundant culture (doh!) minister.Robin Hurley, Solihull
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Missing link
Tessa Jowell, in her essay Better Places to Live, claims to be aware of how history, human identity and present-day culture interlink.
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Virtual alternative
As an alternative to her idea of demolishing listed buildings that stand in the way of new development, I wonder if culture secretary Tessa Jowell has considered the use of walk-through technology to capture perfect virtual moving images of innovative new design?
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Neglected gateway
It is noteworthy to see so many high-quality design names developing the network of buildings on the King’s Cross site.
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Battle strategy
I welcome the broad support for the RIBA’s Manifesto for Architecture in the pages of BD.
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Useless students
While John Assael correctly draws an analogy between medicine and architecture by highlighting the dire nature of architectural education (Soapbox March 24), he conveniently overlooks one of the most important aspects of the partnership between architecture schools and practices.
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OpinionForget the dreams, deal with reality
I think your article “Architects out of step with the public” (News March 18) relating to housing misses a key point.
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Cutting-edge error
It’s poignant that within the covers of BD was a news story “Architects out of step with public” and a much larger one, possibly by way of explanation, showing the “cutting edge” exploits of the AA’s Emergence & Design Group. Its work cheered me up by reminding me of EO ...
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Ethics rake it in
RIBA president George Ferguson rightly reflected (Letters March 18) that the “ethics of practice should be taken extremely seriously”.