More Opinion – Page 168
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OpinionIs the government rushing the definition of zero carbon?
Yes, says Ben Derbyshire, we should be taking time to develop simple, lasting solutions; but John Alker claims there is enough unity among key stakeholders to see the task through
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OpinionA vision of virtual bliss
The obituary of Bill Mitchell and the iPad review were interestingly juxtaposed in last week’s BD
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Language lesson
As a teacher in a BSF school and someone who trained as an architect, I feel fairly well qualified to comment on the debate (“Has money been wasted on school design work?” Debate June 11)
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Seen it all before
I had to smile at the article on Save Britain’s Heritage’s report on transforming empty Victorian terraces into sustainable housing
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OpinionBe prepared
The rejigging of regulations regarding water use has switched me into my Meldrew mode. Now, along with the Low Energy, Shut the Windows and Be Quieter Police come the more voyeuristic Bathwater Police
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Duty of care
Thank you for the article about the renaming of the practice (New practice emerges as Buschow Henley relaunches, News June 11). My quote was, nevertheless, taken somewhat out of context
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Battle lines
Congratulations to Stephen Taylor/Brockmann Stierlin on their competition success for a Zurich housing project (News June 18) but surely no points for presentation.
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OpinionDigi-design is virtually reality
Judging by advances in the car industry, virtual interior design could be closer than we think.
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OpinionTake a gander at the Goldhawk Road
Less is definitely more at this year’s London Festival of Architecture
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OpinionCurse of the stones
English Heritage must feel that Stonehenge is cursed after its latest plan to build a visitor centre ended in failure yesterday. The £25 million scheme may be the most modest yet, but that didn’t save it from being cut as the part of the government’s austerity drive.
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Let’s focus on improvement
As the Treasury anticipates efficiency measures which will inevitably impact on capital expenditure in construction, it may like to have a mind to the effect Building Schools for the Future (Debate June 11) has had on maintenance regimes within the secondary school sector.
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Learning process
The question of whether money has been wasted on school design work (Debate June 11) is not so clear cut. The Building Schools for the Future process has its pros and its cons.
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A head of steam
Owen Hatherley is right to bemoan the basic, utilitarian character of the new structures on the revived East London Line (Works June 11), but, although he tells us he lives in south-east London, he writes with all the myopia of the north Londoner who thinks that civilisation only exists where ...
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Garden of Edam
Terry Brown’s comment (Letters June 11) on my article about Dutch-style intensive farming (Opinion June 4) misunderstands my point, which is that if we insist on cheap food and start to grow more of it in Britain, our countryside could become a hi-tech dystopia similar to that of the Netherlands.
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Hidden agenda
RIBA chief executive Harry Rich (Letters June 4) attempts to refute the reasons why Azar Djamali says she resigned as chairman at the start of the London Regional Council meeting on April 29. He says this meeting was “called and entirely administered properly”.
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OpinionIs the government right to relax density targets?
Yes, says Liz Peace, it should be a local decision; but Alex Ely says good design is the key
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Golden hello
With impeccable timing, the London Development Agency this week advertised four new jobs just as mayor Boris Johnson was announcing his plans to scrap the organisation.
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OpinionWe need to talk about housing
Wherever there are no jobs and a barren stretch of sodden land to be flogged off cheaply, horrid homes sprout like random weeds.
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OpinionZero-carbon report could backfire
To most of us the financial crisis has been a reality check, not pleasant but necessary. But for environmentalists the penny is taking longer to drop .This is because they believe their cause is more important than anything else.