More Opinion – Page 233
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OpinionArchitects must return to ethics
BD’s assembled captains of practice and the academy, (News analysis June 13) agree that education needs a new star, and sustainability is in their sights
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OpinionWhere's the science bit?
Since the BRE was privatised, serious research has been replaced by meaningless PR initiatives
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OpinionIn politics, the architecture’s electronic
When politics happened in places, the venue matched the cause. Now it has lost its context
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OpinionIs Boris Johnson right to bring back Parker Morris standards?
Yes, because we need a proper debate on space, says English Partnerships director of policy Steve Carr, but Andrew Whitaker, head of planning at the Home Builders Federation believes modern demands need different solutions
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We need heroes
The disgraceful treatment of Richard MacCormac’s practice by the BBC (News June 20) can only be understood in the broad context of the nationwide attack on the independent professions and their traditional role as a bulwark against the overweening power of the state and the market.
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Shock therapy
Every time the presidential campaign comes around, someone criticises the RIBA and the staff come over all shocked (News June 20).
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Turn it up
All that is necessary for bad men to succeed is that brave men do nothing... why shouldn’t presidential hopefuls confront the RIBA’s way of doing things — with top heavy committees looking after whose interest?
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Hopes dashed
I read the the story about EU-qualified staff now being able to work in the UK (News May 30) with high hopes, and dashed off to confirm with Arb that this finally puts an end to the issue of recognition of my Polish part I and II qualifications..
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Sarky comment
Your leader and first news item on page 2 last week throw up an interesting question.
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OpinionDot to dot results: June 20
Last week’s competition winner was Vaclav Sliva of White Ink Architects, Belfast, who identified the Schroder House in Utrecht by Gerrit Reitfeld.
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Sensitive soul
A few days later, Boots caught up with Chipperfield again at the Soane, this time at a debate on the Neues
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Power vacuum
Asked to comment on Rafael Viñoly’s massive Battersea Power Station proposals — roundly condemned by his predecessor George Ferguson — RIBA president Sunand Prasad said: “I’m not going to remark on that.”
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Out of time
Boots trusts that last weekend’s RIBA NW Spring Ball didn’t send out too ominous a message about architects’ ability to complete their buildings on time.