More Opinion – Page 172
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Shoddy masonry
We need an RIBA with a spine that stands up for the profession rather than a “yes body”. We also need an institute that has a council with no conflicts of interest whatsoever, as the “fingers in pies” scenario on any panel is highly detrimental to it functioning properly
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Use your head
Charles Bain Smith (Letters May 7) seems to have a smattering of gynaecological knowledge which doesn’t seem all that applicable to staircases.
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The grisly truth
The question last week about the 100mm rule on staircases has a slightly grisly answer I think.
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Correction
Contrary to our report last week, the Olympic Park wind turbines are not being developed by Atkins but by the firm Quiet Revolutions
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OpinionIs a hung parliament good news for architects?
PRP’s Andy von Bradsky says it’s time for consensus politics, but Clifford Martin of Capita argues investment in architecture will not be a priority for the coalition government
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OpinionCreating affordability at Chelsea Barracks
The Qataris seem to have found a cunning solution to the affordable housing “problem” at Chelsea Barracks: bung all the plebs over the road at Grosvenor Waterside.
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In need of new leadership
The next RIBA president must be someone willing to fight architects’ corner
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RIBA stands by as we lose work
Jane Duncan, RIBA practice vice-president, emailed members last week on low pay
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OpinionPatrolling the windowbox war zone
Whatever the scale, it’s not always easy to reach consensus in battles over our environment
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Baby steps?
Does anyone out there know why the building regulations say that a railing to a stairs must be constructed so a 100mm diameter sphere cannot pass through the railings at any point
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OpinionIs RIBA showing the signs of an organisation in crisis?
Yes, says Chris Roche, as exemplified by the failure of many council members to declare their interests; but Andrew Hanson argues that the RIBA exists to do far more than promote its members’ interests
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OpinionShow me yours on ‘crit roulette’
Video networking site chatroulette.com has found a number of unlikely uses since its inception, including an outlet for those inclined toward baring all
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OpinionLet’s keep politicians out of it
Whoever wins the election, we don’t want them meddling with architecture
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Ask the members
GKV Tomlinson’s Letter of the Week (“RIBA fails to fight our corner” April 30) is one of the best I have seen in Building Design
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Don’t forget us
John Kellett (Letters April 23) says architects are the only professionals qualified to design buildings from conception to completion
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Learn from this
“Job losses are also expected at the Business Academy, Bexley, which has a £500,000 budget deficit brought about by expensive repairs to its £31 million Norman Foster building.” Times Educational Supplement reporting on teacher redundancies
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OpinionDon’t let them off the hook
The construction industry has failed to take the three main parties to task over where public sector cuts will fall
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OpinionRIBA failed to fight our corner
As a retired architect I am very proud of the stand taken by my son Keith on the pathetic performance of the RIBA over the low pay issue
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OpinionBad neighbours
It was encouraging to see coverage of a project in so-unfashionable an area as Balsall Heath (Zero Carbon House Solutions April 23) and indeed encouraging to see that so much worthiness in carbon reduction and materials recycling had been achieved at the very competitive cost of just £1,160 per sq ...
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OpinionTime is ripe to revive the ‘Rippon’ effect
By ensuring small-scale urban buildings are protected, we have saved some places, but have we gone far enough?