More Opinion – Page 212
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OpinionWhy towers must aim high
Herzog & de Meuron’s towers will reignite a debate about London’s skyline that ought to be solely about good architecture
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OpinionLet’s fix the roof before the next storm
We need to align policy around the idea that our homes are not a suitable subject for speculation
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OpinionShould architecture schools care about league tables?
Yes, says Westminster University’s Murray Fraser, they help raise the bar all round; no, says Lincoln School of Architecture’s Nicholas Temple, they are convenient but give too narrow a view
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OpinionBeyond technicalities
It was gratifying to read of the great research success of UK architecture schools (News January 9), but it is important to make a few clarifications.
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Pulling rank
Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed the omission of some leading research institutions from your list of the “top 25” schools of architecture (News January 9).
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Spirited place
I enjoyed your piece on Jim Stirling’s Andrew Melville Hall (Solutions January 9). As my daughter is studying in St Andrews, I take every opportunity to wander around the last of his university buildings in the UK.
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OpinionEasy does it
Future Systems’ Jan Kaplicky suggests “[Fosters’ bus] entry is totally obsolete” (Boots January 9). I would agree — not because of the design concept but because it would be economically impracticable to construct and maintain.
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Blindingly clear
In reference to the Future Systems design for a new bus for London (Boots January 9), when will the hubristic blob and jagged shape brigade put function high up on the design agenda?
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Musical chairs
With the difficulty the DCMS is having finding someone to chair English Heritage, it’s taking no chances with the same job at Cabe when John Sorrell departs next year.
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OpinionSniffy critics
Since his appointment as editor a year ago, Tom Weaver has injected the long moribund AA Files with a new lease of life.
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Not an architect
Nice to hear of ministers giving UK architects a helping hand, no matter how many jollies to Singapore it may require.
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OpinionGive Bush’s era the order of the boot
As the boom bursts, how best to commemorate the president who let this happen?
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OpinionThe audacity of open architecture
Under the Bush presidency, the US has been erecting bunker-like embassy designs worldwide. With the inauguration of Obama, will the new US embassy in south London take a different tack?
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OpinionGlimmers of hope in the gloom
In uncertain times everyone has a prediction, but between the bad and the mad are some positive signs for architects
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OpinionSkills needed not role models
I am a “black” architect running a small practice in south London and find your news story on black role models (12 December) extremely disturbing.
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Mote and beam
Michael Rasmussen (Letters December 19) uses such words as “disturbed”, “ill timed and insensitive”, “great offence”, “offensive”, “wave of resignations”, “cutting the common bond”. What dreadful act might justify such language?
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OpinionShould the government relax rural planning laws?
Relaxing planning laws will hlep prvent villages becoming commuter homes, argues Mole Architecture’s Meredith Bowles, while the CPRE’s Kate Gordon counters that it will divert building from towns and cities.
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Let’s get together
How disappointing that concerns over the RIBA fees increase led to calls for a break with the RIBA. (Letters December 19).