More Opinion – Page 295
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New prisons ignore design at their peril
The government has embraced prison building with passion, but without a very clear idea of a modern prison’s function.
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Review panels need to be open
Until design review panels keep open minutes of their deliberations, such panels won’t wash in the eyes of the public (News analysis November 17).
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Arb outrage
I am astonished that Arb has raised its fee further. I am probably one of many who find it very difficult to understand how the Arb exam board has survived at all, given its utterly unhelpful exam procedure and ridiculously high application fee.
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It doesn’t add up
Arb has unilaterally increased the accreditation fees for the part I and part II one-hour interviews, first from £375 to £998 and now to £1,200 without consultation with the profession which it alleges wants the true cost to be passed on to students wishing to practice as architects in the ...
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OpinionMaking a drama
I have never had the pleasure of working for RRP, but your “Exclusive” is over-hyped.
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Drawings solution
Many years ago, I asked Norman Foster for some drawings to use with my school students.
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Park and chide
The recent highly public Northala fields controversy (News October 13) was triggered by Ealing’s newly elected Conservative council’s plans to divert £750,000 of the spoil-generated income to other projects.
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Ian Martin
Entrepreneurs could be imported, housed in gentrified terraces and encouraged to breed. Remember to invoice Ruth Kelly
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OpinionRise and rise of the panel show
Regional and city design review panels are becoming ever more widespread. But are they any good, and without statutory powers, do they have the teeth to make a difference?
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Libeskind’s lesson on finding the positive
As Daniel Libeskind admits, much of what an architect does is performance. Buildings have to be defended linguistically as well as visually but few architects are as convincing as he is when it comes to communicating ideas. Yet, as he admitted last week, it can be a struggle.
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Thames Gateway — a sustainable vision
It strikes me that some really stark choices face the politicians, developers and quango-meisters meeting to discuss the development of the Thames Gateway next week.
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Photos belie Fife’s humane centre
Contrary to some of your letters, most people who have experienced the Maggie Centre in Fife find it warm and friendly.
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It works for us
I was interested to read such a variety of comments from BD readers on Zaha Hadid’s design for Maggie’s Fife.
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Disposed drawings
As the two tutors most involved with sixth year students from 1974 to 1990, we would like to express our dismay at the destruction of so much of their original design drawings and models.
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Still shining
It was disappointing to read the comments about the Sheffield School of Architecture from my former colleague and friend Peter G Fauset (Letters September 29).
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Protection plans
I do not believe that abolition of grade II* listing will significantly reduce the complexity of dealing with heritage (News October 20).
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Tip of the iceberg
This is the right time to support Richard Rogers and others in their campaign to put good architecture at the forefront of the procurement process for the Olympics (to which Roger Zogolovitch’s excellent letter in BD November 10 refers).