More Opinion – Page 181
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OpinionRude welcome
Judging only from the photographs of Christ’s College secondary school (Works January 22) it does seem, to my eye, and maybe to the eye of a child, to be oppressively unwelcoming and cheerless from the outside. Pity
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Clarification
After last week’s news story about the east London mosque, Newham Council has asked us to make it clear that, while a compulsory purchase order is an option, it is not one they are actively considering.
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OpinionA lesson schools must learn
In their enthusiasm to replace Victorian school buildings, are councils repeating the mistakes they made with housing?
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OpinionUniversities did not overspend
University spending has not been luxurious and cutting expenditure will have serious long-term implications for the sector (Leader January 15)
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New schools first
The Building Schools for the Future programme has always been committed to the refurbishment of existing school buildings or other suitable premises where appropriate (News January 15) — and there are numerous examples so far, such as Elm Court School in Lambeth, which have given a new life into historic ...
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OpinionSlow road to professionalism
Boosting social mobility in architecture is hampered by the time it takes to become established
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Capital offence
While reviewing the requirements for the Forgotten Spaces competition (News January 8), we noted the sentence: “The site should be local to the competitor’s workplace or home.” We assumed this must be an unfortunately worded sentence, however, on quizzing the RIBA, this competition is indeed closed off to architects who ...
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Living proof
Ron Barnes (Letters January 8) makes various comments on Cabe’s Building for Life criteria, and then denounces both schemes in your cover story about the Kickstart programme (News December 18) as being unacceptable, judging them, it seems, on the basis of one photograph each
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OpinionWasted energy
While I remain unconvinced that the relatively small amounts of man-made CO2 contribute significantly to climate change, (a belief which seems to me to rely overmuch on weak maths, poor science and too much religion), I have always been in favour of conserving energy and resources
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Correction
The reference to Jay Merrick’s article on Salvation Army Chelmsford (Quoted January 8) incorrectly credited the project to Andrew Hudson
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OpinionGoodwin may prove a wise investment
In a recession, someone with a track record of parting people from their cash has their uses
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OpinionIs the BSF programme a threat to our Victorian heritage?
Yes, says Ian Dungavell, there’s no reason not to reuse our Victorian schools; while Mairi Johnson says we need learning spaces fit for the 21st century
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OpinionSaid to Fred: Caption competition winner
More than 100 of you entered our caption competition to suggest what Fred Goodwin might saying to Peter Morrison as they posed for the cameras, announcing that Goodwin was to become a RMJM employee.
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OpinionA discredit to conservation
Whose idea was the proposed RIBA conservation accreditation (News January 8)?
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History is for all
This whole business of accredited conservation architects has gone too far. It is clearly less to do with old buildings and more to do with new markets
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An end to fee fall
Boots (December 11) misrepresented the Manchester Society of Architects. Ryder Architects’ bid would have been selected on the quality of its proposals and its recent successful completion of Newcastle City Library
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OpinionWork and profit
In the last Boots of 2009 there was a piece on Vicky Richardson that I thought presented a slightly blurred image of her
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Raising the bar
I couldn’t agree more with the basic point of last week’s leader. The quality of many schemes funded by round one of Kickstart is not good enough. But if he thinks Cabe is hamstrung by a contract for doing the assessments, think again