More Opinion – Page 150
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OpinionThe only certainty is change
A new report spells out how the profession must learn to adapt to survive
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OpinionBe careful whose nation you build
The Libyan crisis highlights the dangers of doing business with dictators
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Cabe must take a broader view
Your excellent editorial (Leader February 18) reflected upon the future of Cabe.
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Sit up and listen
The president of the Institute of Acoustics, Trevor Cox, has quite rightly censured communities minister Andrew Stunell (News February 18) following his announcement of a major review of the building regulations, which include acoustics in schools.
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Brought to book
Thanks, BD, for following up my email drawing attention to the plight of Redcar Library (News February 11).
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More with less
It would be interesting to know the cost comparison per sq m covered area between Zaha Hadid’s heavy, over-designed Aquatics Centre, and the elegant cable net structure for Hopkins’ Velodrome (Buildings February 18).
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Heath views
As a supporter of Robert Adam and traditional architecture I am wary of criticising the design of Athlone House (News February 18).
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OpinionShould architects offer to work for the Big Society?
Yes, says Pascale Scheurer, pro bono work can be a valuable service; but Jo Wright says it is hard to imagine credible projects emerging from the current set-up
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OpinionTurning the page
This week it’s valete to RIBA bookshops in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Belfast, which are to close next month
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OpinionShould the new Athlone House receive the go ahead?
Yes, says Cambridge’s David Watkin, the original house is not worth saving; but LSE professor Robert Tavernor fears the new designs will compromise views from Hampstead Heath.
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OpinionCabe must adapt to survive
In the face of a funding conundrum, the quango needs to embrace reinvention.
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OpinionElementary arithmetic
Let’s try obtaining a little perspective, in light of Gove’s utterly crass statement suggesting architects working in the education sector have been creaming it (“Rogers hits back at Gove over school design” News February 11).
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Commons sense
On one hand, the government wants to re-balance the economy, create more UK manufacturing and support British ingenuity.
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Talking shop
Libraries serve a greater good (Leader February 11), but if they don’t make business sense they should be replaced.
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Princely sums
I agree with John McAslan that the Prince of Wales is not a classicist (“Prince in context”, letters, February 11)
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Mind the gap
Sorry to spoil the party, but does Charles Holden’s London Underground Headquarters in Westminster really deserve listing (News January 14)?
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OpinionManser meddle
Boots was interested in the list of this year’s RIBA honorary fellows, which includes heritage minister Ed Vaizey and Mike Gazzard, founder of the British Homes Awards.
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for, Dave
The government might get more than it bargains for from the Big Society
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OpinionA purpose far beyond books
Libraries provide communities with a vital physical infrastructure, so closures sit ill with the notion of the Big Society.