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Apple turnover
Regarding Malcolm Fraser’s article (Soapbox December 10), I wonder if he is aware of the time his “bad apples” start work?
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Toilet humour
So Philippe Starck was embarrassed by the inappropriate completion, by a local practice, of a design which he dashed off in half an hour (News December 10). Perhaps he should put the time in for himself…From Paul Strong, Newcastle upon Tyne
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OpinionTsunami survivors need homes now
The death toll grabs the headlines, but it is the disaster of homelessness that matters most now for the survivors of the Asian tsunami. The United Nations estimates that 5 million people across the region are in that dangerous predicament.
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Practice lags behind in terms of equality
When I was a student at Newcastle in the late sixties, there was an abundance of female role models outside of architecture, such as Barbara Halunka and Mary Quant.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Money for nothingDesigner Philippe Starck’s housing venture with Manhattan Loft Corporation co-founder John Hitchcox has been given an injection of glamour. The firm, called YOO, has enlisted model and designer Jade Jagger to help design its new flats. According to the press release, Jagger is “globally feted for both her ...
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Your stars for 2005
Another tip is to digitally insert an image of a younger you in old photos featuring famous architects
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Europe shows that White wont
With architecture already infamous for its poorly paid, long-hours culture, I was interested to read that a reason we make insufficient profit (“Lessons in lucre” November 26) lies with us not working long enough hours.
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Core of the matter
Further to my participation in your management article last week, I write to clarify a quote that was used to support a viewpoint to which I am wholly opposed.
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A slap in the face
Tips that will enable us to run our businesses more profitably are very welcome and useful.
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Share and survive
The Cambridge School of Architecture must be saved, but, once again, architects are their own worst enemy.
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Modern royal
Before Prince Charles begins attacking modern methods of construction (News November 26) he may like to consider that Poundbury could not exist without them.
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Single solution
Your article asks “Can design beat the bugs?” (News Analysis November 26). Design can do some of the job, but it needs a multidisciplinary approach.
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Hidden bugs
Could air conditioning be incubating hospital bugs? Suspended ceilings enclosing air trunking and high-level spaces also collect dust and airborne products.
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Happy Christmas and a bold new year
It has unquestionably been a tough year for architecture, and reserves of optimism — the discipline’s lifeblood — at times fell low.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Frozen outGrimshaw’s Bath Spa project is not the practice’s only headache. Staff and visitors wanting to enter the firm’s London HQ in Conway Street are being directed to a back entrance because of problems with the front door. Apparently, the hi-tech door is supposed to sense when an individual arrives ...
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Pecularities of architecture
Your coverage of the problems in architectural education brings out clearly the inherent weakness of the relationship between universities and government, which threatens to close more schools of architecture.
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Value of teaching
Neil Jackson puts forward the “only solution” for schools of architecture (Letters November 26), but is it right that we establish our educational structure on purely economic arguments rather than on proper pedagogical ones? Your article regarding Cabe’s support for changes to the RAE with regard to architectural education ...