More Opinion – Page 286
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Fair objections
I don’t agree with Piers Gough (Debate March 9) that the public is encouraged to object to all applications regardless of the facts. Our local amenity society has over 1,200 members and none, as far as I know, is rabidly reactionary or nauseatingly self-righteous.
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Local democracy
I completely agree with Piers Gough, nimbyism having become the strongest influence on decision making by local authority planning committees.
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OpinionMipim blog: The decadent dangers of Mipim
What's the abiding impression one had from Mipim 2007? Decadence. Something akin to the last days before the Fall of the Roman Empire. And this was not just manifested in the usual gargantuan consumption of booze. The amount of cash that was sloshing around Cannes, be it in the lavish ...
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OpinionMipim blog: Movie madness
Our hero in Cannes Sean Griffiths survives a brush with Goldfinger, a musical developer and fire on the tracks
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OpinionLawyers: blood-sucking devils...
Construction lawyers make it their business to prevaricate, obfuscate and complicate, argues Nick Johnson
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Opinion...or guardian angels?
In a retort to Nick Johnson's latest blog entry, construction lawyer Tony Blackler argues his profession's first priority is to serve the client not rake in the cash
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OpinionCan the RIBA replace Arb?
The Tory party says it would abolish Arb if elected. While abolition would be welcomed by many in the profession, what is the best way to replace Arb’s functions?
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OpinionWho to ask about open source design
Efforts to improve Africa’s housing stock could learn a lot from those on the ground
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OpinionWeird lessons at Mipim’s school of life
Mipim has great schmoozing, the chance to get out, oh, and it’s a very strange world out there
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Arb is highly cost-effective
Following your publication last week of letters from a number of your readers (all regular critics of Arb) which followed your piece on “Arb’s legal battle” I feel I should offer some comment.
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An icon too far
Apropos the proposed massive and bulky Viñoly tower, I was surprised that the BD editor would be shocked if English Heritage won this enquiry (February 23).
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Dreaming towers
Your front page (March 9) states “Heritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers”, and is accompanied by a leafy seemingly pleasant Square.
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Back to the future
We know contemporary architecture in the current climate has to go way OTT to gain critical notice, but surely the placed entries for the Czech library competition (News March 9) have got to be taking the piss.
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Off the wall
Ellis Woodman’s excellent coverage of Buschow Henley’s St John’s Therapy Centre (Works February 16) was accompanied by a meticulous axonometric which showed the make-up of the external walling.
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Would a halt to new building help tackle climate change?
Phil Clark speaks out for a moratorium, while Neven Sidor condemns such a blunt instrument
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OpinionMipim blog: Foster and the rise of Russia
Super-rich Russians have dominated this year's property fair
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OpinionSir David King, the optimist
Phil Clark, our new green blogger, finds a talk by the government's chief scientific advisor is heavy going