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So why did it win?
One profoundly agrees with Frank Duffy’s reported comments on the Architecture Foundation redesign that quotes “the main thing is that it works and is a good place to be”.
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Silly season
It may be the hot weather or the illustrations may be misleading but I think the design for the extension to the Tate Modern (News July 28) is just silly and anyway too big.
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Never seen before
When the shortlist was announced for the new Architecture Foundation HQ, its director, Rowan Moore, said, “Whoever wins, London will have a building of a kind that it hasn’t seen before”.
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OpinionPlace your bets...
...for your guess as to which UK location will host the first supercasino — and who will design it. Ellen Bennett chronicles the high-stakes story
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Schools must speak to the wider world
Students know that when they leave university and begin work in practice they must also leave their architectural dreams behind. But is it right to have these dreams in the first place?
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Reconstructing the art of conversation
My interest in interviews was triggered by two conversations that I read as a student. One was between Pierre Cabanne and Marcel Duchamp; the other between David Sylvester and Francis Bacon. These books brought me to art, they were like oxygen. I was fascinated by the idea of how an ...
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Arb accreditation is based on quality
In response to John Assael (Letters July 14), I studied for my part I in Hong Kong and came to the UK for my part II two years ago. I undertook UK accreditation with Arb in December 2004.
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Tax on foreigners?
The letter from Arb’s Jon Levett (July 14) contradicts my current situation. As an MSc architecture graduate from Delft University of Technology, I am a registered qualified architect in the Netherlands, and have been working in the UK for the past two years.
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Noddy stays dry
No doubt Southend Borough Council has ensured some flood risk was taken into account at Shoeburyness (Works July 21) but should the site have been used at all for residential purposes?
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Data retrieval
I was surprised to see my comments about collaborative acquisitions of archives taken out of context (News analysis July 21).
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Client feedback
Having been placed third in the selection process for the Shetland cinema and music venue, we believe some recent coverage has been unfortunate (News July 7).
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Charter principles
I would like to reassure David Burn (Letters July 21) and BD readers that the new RIBA chartered practice scheme is not quite as suggested in his letter, by clarifying the following points:
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We must take lead on climate change
Sunand Prasad, vice-president, policy and strategy, RIBA
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