More Opinion – Page 298
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How to avoid a succession of disasters
It’s not only prime ministers who find the business of succession difficult. Architects do, too.
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Chartered scheme is misunderstood
The letters you have had complaining about the RIBA Chartered Practice scheme are misinformed or misconceived.
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Foundation course
Patrick Lynch’s comments about the shortcomings of the RIBA competitions process are simply wrong.
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OpinionAnother view
Why was Rem Koolhaas’s Serpentine Pavilion selected as a carbuncle? “A bad attempt at 1960s inflatable architecture” sounds like a bottom of the barrel critique.
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Mersey beat
Although I am grateful for the carbuncle nomination (Focus October 13), I hasten to add that I am not, nor have been since the millennium, the head of school at Liverpool University.
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Plymouth horror
Just wish to clarify the “planning” aspect of the well-deserved Carbuncle Cup awarded to Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth.
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Clear on equality
I don’t know how Suki Jheent (Letters October 6) got the idea that I am against taking action to tackle discrimination, given that BD published a correction following the news report on September 22.
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Walk at your peril
In your article “Cut obesity with design, says Cabe” (News October 13) you quote Jane Wardle of Weight Concern as saying that “people dismissed cycling to work on safety grounds but there was no danger in getting off the bus early and walking”. While I support any attempt to reduce ...
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Medallists debt
Was Chris Wilkinson this year, and Brian Clarke last year, able single handedly to veto the Venturis’ nomination?
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Our chance to make the Stirling stirring
Modern life amazes me. In a world of infinite viewing options, a million people watched the Stirling Prize Live, on Channel 4 last Saturday night.
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Not enough Cooks
Just because the irrepressible Peter Cook pulled out of the Stirling jury because he was too busy, was it fair to withdraw his dinner invite?
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Double jeopardy
Spare a thought for the Stirling also-rans. In 1998, Stephenson Bell’s Quay bar was shortlisted for the prize, but a few short years later it lies derelict, a victim of market forces, according to Nick Johnson of Urban Splash, which owned the building until March.
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Bad case of wind
Will Alsop’s Palestra building in Southwark, the new home of the London Development Agency, can be seen from Boots’ desk and has certainly improved the view.
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Lifes a beach
Architects at DSDHA have bravely challenged their fellow professionals to a surf competition, following a highly successful office surfing trip to Devon (pictured).
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Sound of silence
What has happened to the RIBA’s state-of-the-nation survey, which it commissioned as a way of improving communication with members and was meant to shape the RIBA’s agenda over the coming years? The answer is not a lot.
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OpinionPostcards from an accidental inpatient
Architects, procurement managers and government ministers all say they’re committed to creating better hospitals. Any time you like, urges Ian Martin. Snapshots by Adam Turtle
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