More Opinion – Page 291
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Ban buzz words
David Littlefield’s call for the worlds largest PV array (Soapbox January 26) was heard by us seven years ago when we were prepared to build it as part of a dynamic new roof structure for Edinburgh’s dilapidated Waverley Station.
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Copyright catch?
I refer to your item “Design the zero carbon home of the future” (News January 19). The competition outlined is a commendable initiative.
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Celebrity bid
Re Banged up with Alsop (News January 12). So, inmates will be living in goups of 12 with enclosed garden, eh?
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Wheres Alsop?
As usual last Friday your publication The Will Alsop Weekly dropped through my letterbox.
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Where will Foster’s surprise move end?
It is clear from the hastily written email to clients that Norman Foster was caught on the hop this week when news leaked out that he was looking to sell or partly float his practice.
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Ian Martin
Norman could be the wise leader at the back, pootling around in his titanium hoverchair
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Responsibility for 60s falls on many
If Simon Jenkins wants a “Truth & Reconciliation Commission” (News January 12) to apologise for the housing crimes of the 1960s then he will need to cast his net wider and catch in it more than just members of the RIBA.
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Wasted efforts
There was far more commitment to and research into social housing design in the sixties and seventies than there has been since.
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Home from home
Jack Pringle (Soapbox January 19) says he “re-established the RIBA’s housing group last year” as part of his agenda to tackle climate change.
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Schools lesson
I was saddened to read (News January 19) that the quality of school design has been brought down by its procurement process. I doubt that parachuting Cabe into the arena can achieve much.
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Lean or mean?
The Bethnal Green housing (Works January 19) ingeniously couples tight space with green thinking.
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Zero tolerance
Trevor Butler is right to say that zero carbon should mean zero carbon (Solutions January 19) and he even mentions “materials used in construction” but then falls into the trap of concentrating on the issue of generating energy.
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Fees feedback
Your story “AUU payments revealed” (News January 19) is misleading and seems more intent on delivering a dramatic headline than reporting reality.
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How to sell carbon awareness to Dubai
Imagine the following two events happening in the same week: a structure destined to become the world’s tallest building reaches 100 storeys, and a nearly complete 34-storey tower catches fire leading to rooftop rescues by helicopter and the deaths of four workers. If this was the UK, there would be ...
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Schools project needs total shake-up
It was only a question of time before the government twigged that its school building programme was in deep trouble. But for anyone involved in Gordon Brown’s flagship project, news that the first targets had been missed came as no surprise.
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How to get invited back to the top table
Last year I re-established the RIBA Housing Group and my prediction for 2007 was that housing would be at the top of our agenda, because it is where climate change meets poor design and chronic undersupply.