More Opinion – Page 209
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OpinionSea change for Southampton
Southampton is a sad city, as described by Owen Hatherley (Urban Trawl February 6), and I would like to see a similar article on Liverpool.
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OpinionWhen legacy is dead on arrival
The lack of civic-mindedness during the decades of “greed is good” has delivered only zombie public spaces, devoid of any life
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OpinionMud lark
Jonathan Glancey might like to know that construction using mud and earth (“Building with mud, glorious mud”, February 6) is alive and well in north-east Yorkshire. I am currently restoring buildings of rubble stone bound with mud. These date from the late 17th century, so have stood the test of ...
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OpinionWhere there’s muck, there’s indignation
The response to Peter Jones’s opinions shows how we’re failing to deal with rubbish
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OpinionAre the British any good at designing public space?
They are under-advocated, under-funded and under-appreciated, argues Martha Schwartz; but Sarah Gaventas thinks this view is out of date and out of touch
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Test of time
Our scheme in Southampton’s French Quarter, mentioned in your feature last week, offers truly mixed uses, mixed tenure and tenure-blind accommodation. It also supports commercial office and retail, sheltered and affordable rented accommodation, shared ownership and outright sale homes — the sale units have all sold faster than other similar ...
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100% effort
It is pointless for the RIBA’s Jane Duncan to exhort architects not to work for reduced fees (Debate February 6). As in the last recession 15 years ago, the market will decide what fees we shall be able to charge. Indeed, I understand that Tesco has already cut the fees ...
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Courtesy title
It is bad enough having the media routinely ignoring the terms of the Architects’ Registration Act and calling any old plansmith an architect without you doing the same in your story about the Prince of Wales’s “Surfbury” development (News February 6).
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Seeing the light
It’s scary to find out that we have something else to worry about other than the impending worldwide collapse of the architectural profession and its client base — the loss of the 100W incandescent light bulb.
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OpinionMystery deepens
The mystery man next to Cedric Price (Archive February 6) looks like a young Michael Brawne.
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OpinionRIBA celebrations are off the menu
To add to the RIBA’s problems over this year’s awards is the delicate issue of the annual dinner, to have been held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in June. Insiders say it was cancelled under pressure from the regions, which have become increasingly resentful that the only architects to make ...
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OpinionRegeneration loses its magic
As the boom comes to an end, will anything of substance remain from New Labour’s urban policies?
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OpinionLearn – and teach – lessons of history
The government is taking money from BSF and giving it to the car industry. Be very afraid
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OpinionDoes working for free devalue the profession?
No fee means no value says the RIBA’s Jane Duncan, but Stuart McColl argues it is just a business tool
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Regulate title and function
Jonathan Braddick (Letters January 23) puts a strong case for the architect function to be bound into UK legislation.
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Blind on bland
Steve Cooper says PFI projects might be rubbish or bland (Debate January 30), but that they are finished on time and within budget! Something of an own goal, I think.
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Strike a light
I wholeheartedly support Jonathan Glancey’s excellent piece on the tungsten light (January 16).
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Sorry for rubbish
In response to letters last week about my “rubbish” remark, I sincerely apologise for any offence this caused — my quotation was taken out of context.
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Water force
The response to your article (Letters January 23) on the fountains at Centre Point is encouraging. It would be wonderful if they could be incorporated into the new forecourt design, or at least a good home found for them.
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