More Opinion – Page 247
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OpinionListing can fail
I wish I could share your optimism over the effectiveness of listing to protect post-war buildings (News February 22).
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OpinionShould all housing design take account of old age?
Future-proofed houses will stop us being forced to move to care homes, says Roger Battersby; while Stewart Baseley argues that it will make new housing more expensive
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OpinionThe most architectural film ever made
The death of screenwriter Alain Robbe-Grillet prompts a revisit of Last Year at Marienbad
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OpinionA demolition job on the truth
The landlord’s consultation with tenants at Robin Hood Gardens has been seriously flawed
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Off target
Urbed’s Nicholas Falk was almost arrested on a recent reconnaissance mission to the London Borough of Harrow, he revealed to an aghast audience at last week’s New New Town conference, after attempting to photograph Harrow’s awful bus station as an example of how not to design an urban environment.
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Moscow's twin?
Chatting to residents of Robin Hood Gardens this week, Boots was intrigued to learn that the estate has proved a popular location for filming.
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Glasgow kiss-off
On Wednesday night last week, viewers across the land were treated to an hour-long Beeb documentary on Richard Rogers.
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Threat to Ealing
The criticisms made by Simon Jenkins last week at the RTPI (News February 22) are illustrated perfectly by the proposals to redevelop a major part of Ealing’s town centre.
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My kind of town
I would be interested to know, according to Simon Jenkins, where in the UK the planning system is run by architects and the construction industry as I would consider relocating to this area.
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Dot to Dot answer: February 22
The winner of last week’s competition was James Rae of BBM Architects in East Sussex, who identified the Snowdon Aviary.
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Battery housing
Can you have housing schemes with high densities which improve the viability of public transport?
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Voice of Doon
Your story suggesting we would redesign our scheme at Doon Street to get planning consent (News February 15) is somewhat misleading.
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Dropped on us
I hope Jonathan Glancey (February 22) does make the trip out to darkest Colchester to enable him to form his opinions in situ on the Lecture Theatre dustbin and Visual Arts Facility golden banana.
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OpinionModern buildings must prove their worth, says Hodge
Writing in the March issue of Grand Designs Magazine, culture minister Margaret Holdge expressed her opinion that modern buildings shouldn't be judged by the same criteria as historical structures when awarding listed status
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OpinionTo the rescue of Robin Hood
Demolishing unpopular housing estates is simply a way of trying to obliterate the past rather than deal with it
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OpinionYou can’t simply wave a wand
It is clear Network Rail bosses know nothing about the procurement of architecture (Stars compete to bring ‘magic’ to New Street station, News February 15), while the RIBA should be ashamed of itself for supporting this competition.
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OpinionBird brained
Boots was delighted to hear Sunand Prasad live on Radio 4’s Today programme alongside Will Alsop, discussing their designs for bird boxes, and we naturally turned straight to the BBC website to inspect the images.
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OpinionFit only for malls
Jonathan Glancey’s comments on the glut of recent figurative monuments (February 15) are timely. London, in particular, is being littered with third-rate “public art”.
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OpinionA bit more money can give real value
Splashing the cash doesn’t guarantee a good design, but wisely spent, it can really pay off