More Opinion – Page 288
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Horror of towers
You devoted much of your leader last week to support the proposed tower for 20 Fenchurch Street.
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No to second city
I agree with Glenn Howells that Birmingham is a wonderful place (Debate February 23) but it is badly served by harping on about it being the “second city”. And Manchester will do itself no favours by joining the debate. What seems light-hearted banter is easily seen as a synonym for ...
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Energetic riposte
A different slant on energy use. I have received a copy of a trade magazine printed in Singapore and AIRMAILED to the UK.
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Star struck
I read with dismay that the local development authority’s otherwise commendable plans to revitalise Blackpool’s seafront include yet another scheme to needlessly light up our already light polluted skyline and waste yet more energy.
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Why did these two kill? We cannot turn away
My son’s murder shows there is much work to be done, says John ap Rhys Pryce on his decision to set up the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust
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Comments from visitors to bdonline
Is EH right to fight Vinoly's tower? Who's responsible for the Stockholm library competition fiasco? And how cool is Alsop's prison rethink which features on our Cool Wall? Read what visitors to bdonline have been saying on all our stories
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The Audit Office's verdict on City Academies
Tony Blair’s controversial City Academies programme has been given a cautious thumbs up by the influential National Audit Office.
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OpinionWho I am or who I can be is relevant to where I am
PhD student Betty Nigianni discusses the importance of place to the architect
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OpinionTracking shots and jump cuts
Scape Architects used non-standard materials to turn a Victorian organ works into a private house for a film-maker.
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OpinionPicking your battles is an art
English Heritage is in crisis, and even Ruth Kelly appears to be toeing Unesco’s line rather than listening to her paid advisers
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OpinionTime for the barcodists to check out
The randomly spaced facade is the architectural cliche of the moment
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Wrath of a two-headed beast
How odd to be admonished in BD for resigning from Architecture & Design Scotland by the Murray part of Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects (Letters February 16), while in your rival the Dunlop bit admonishes me for not having left sooner.
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Fraser is right
Malcolm Fraser is absolutely right (News February 9). PFI is producing poor buildings for Scotland, and Architecture & Design Scotland is failing to do its job if it will not point this out and why it is happening. Good architecture cannot result when architects are cut off from the user ...
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A snapshot
I am of the few survivors of your photograph (Practice February 16) although just off frame — it must be at least 50 years old.
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No pay, no cover
Cabe’s recent notice advertising that it is looking for architects to join its design panel but expecting them to work for free has attracted much criticism.
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Music and space
I was delighted to note (News February 16) Daniel Libeskind might now be embarking on an indoor rainforest at Blackpool. I hope this venture could also unearth an innovative addition to our sister art-form — contemporary music.
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Personal views
Susan Ware (Letters February 16) is wrong to interpret what was clearly a personal remark by Kate Macintosh as a public statement by the Arb Reform Group. Kate is a valued supporter, but the rules of the election are quite clear: lobbying of and by board members is permitted, but ...
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Keep it green
I was pleased to see that the sustainability agenda featured highly in last week’s issue. However, you also featured a six-page review of a “Lift” health centre — a building I liked very much — without any reference to its proposed performance, Breeam targets, or the M&E systems and strategies ...