More Opinion – Page 131
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Leave personal politics out of it
I don’t give a flying fandango what political views Imre Makovecz held, and don’t think anyone but his clients should either.
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Haven't we seen this before?
To quote Jeremy Dixon on his Tatlin’s Tower sculpture (News October 14) “it’s an enduringly interesting monument that has only existed as rather obscure drawings and models in the past”.
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An elegy for Steve Jobs
I was invited to Ron Herron’s office when he was given the first Apple Macintosh to play with, providing he would allow potential purchasers to view his work.
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Setting the Yaya record straight
RA Projects was recently short-listed for the BD Young Architect of the Year Award 2011 (News October 7).
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OpinionStirling a turn-off
Meanwhile the board might have to rethink its deal with the BBC’s Culture Show after dismal viewing figures for last week’s Stirling Prize showed the audience was almost half last year’s at 279,800.
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OpinionRoger and out
Boots hears that Roger Zogolovitch has tendered his resignation of the RIBA Trust, the institute’s cultural arm, after failing to secure a special general meeting on its future.
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OpinionNod from creator
Those unconvinced by the new-look Park Hill Estate may want to read a letter in next month’s Architectural Review from its original architect Ivor Smith.
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Locals oppose Aberdeen plans
According to Malcolm Reading (Letters September 23), Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen is “an architectural accident that wasn’t planned”.
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NHS can also put patients first
I’m not sure about your conclusion that we need to take lessons from the UK private sector (“A private prescription for the NHS” Leader October 7).
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Making light of Makovecz views
I found your obituary of Imre Makovecz (Culture September 30) rather beguiling.
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Better storage is key to living in smaller homes
David Birkbeck makes some excellent points (Letters September 30).
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Credit us for reviving Stratford
It is a shame your feature on the emerging buildings in Stratford (Buildings September 23) disregarded the bigger picture of the achievement this group of buildings represents.
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PQQ problems are clients' fault
I can’t believe any client needs to spend £70,000 to assess something of this value, and the costs of pre qualification seem to be confused with those of tenders.
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OpinionSemi-detached suburban Mr Stern
In 1985 Robert Stern was telling the Polytechnic of Central London that the “true” path of architecture was to be found in the icons of suburbia
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OpinionDrifting away from the public
The proposed floating park along the Thames looks to be weakening the public realm rather than adding to it
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OpinionTo dream the unbuildable dream …
The glorious Dixon-Jones recreation, or reinvention, of Tatlin’s Tower in the courtyard of the Royal Academy is a reminder of just how haunting unbuilt projects are, or can be.
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OpinionDoes the NPPF adequately define 'sustainability'?
Yes, says Liz Peace, it’s time to stop arguing and get on with it; while Fiona Howie thinks the definition need to be made absolutely clear
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OpinionBrief encounter at the Design Museum
One of the most coveted bashes at London’s Frieze Art Fair is Thursday’s dinner at the Commonwealth Institute, aka the new Design Museum, hosted by Calvin Klein, Deyan Sudjic and their mutual architect John Pawson. Guests will be given an “aesthetic glimpse” of the new museum, which we’re told will ...
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OpinionDoes the Stirling Prize need to be more transparent?
No, says Ruth Reed, confidentiality is vital to the panel’s debate; but George Ferguson is keen to see a wider audience involved