More Opinion – Page 334
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Opinion
Surely a typo
In response to the Adjaye Associates recruitment advert (Jobs May 27): Architecture studio based in inner London and expanding into Japanese market seeks architectural assistant… with excellent knowledge of Japanese regulations and construction methods. Must be fluent in Japanese and English… Previous experience in architectural practices in both Japan and ...
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Higher purpose
Has anyone noticed how architects are convinced that God is in the details, while the rest of the population insists that it is the Devil who’s in the details. I am wondering what that says about architects?William Dawson, London
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Thames tents
The sturdy red pillars of the old Blackfriars Bridge have stood forlornly redundant in the Thames since the railway bridge that was supported on their shoulders was replaced in 1977
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Government cools on communities plan
With every announcement on housing, Labour seems to make heavier weather of its sustainable communities policy.
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Pulling down houses is not sustainability
The Pathfinder programme — government investment of £2 billion over the next 15 years to revitalise nine northern English urban areas — ought to be magnificent news.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
To the dark sideHollywood has gone architecture crazy. In the same week as superstar architect Frank Gehry announced that Brad Pitt is to design the restaurant in his controversial scheme on the seafront in Hove, Hayden Christensen, who plays Darth Vader in the new Star Wars film, has said he ...
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Ian Martin
Civility in our publicly accessible privatised social spaces increases in line with the number of things banned
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Whos calling the signature tune
At the risk of prolonging the agony regarding Hackney’s planning process and in response to William Hodgson’s letter, I have further observations on the matter of the “original signature”.
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A law unto itself
William Hodgson refers to the ODPM’s best practice guidance (Letters May 20).
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Women speak out
Following a lot of pressure from our group and others about the all-male line-up for the annual RIBA conference we are pleased to say that at last the RIBA is listening to us.
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Tripping hazard
The methods being introduced to encourage firms to implement the Safety in Design’s Learning Aims and Standards of Competence have prompted me to highlight a worrying trend to readers.
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No surprise
In response to the two stories on West Malling aerodrome (News and Concrete Boots May 6), the Department for Culture, Media & Sport’s decision to list these buildings was no surprise to anyone.
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OpinionTalkbox: Stephen Separovich
Steven Separovich of Conran & Partners is the project architect for the Commemorative Peace Garden at this year’s Chelsea Flower Show.
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Arb is taking PII rule too far
An open letter to Humphrey Lloyd, chair of Arb, from Jack Pringle, president-elect, RIBA
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Just the job to improve office design
For many, the office is the setting for a good chunk of life. The place where we spend much of our time, it’s the often unglamorous backdrop to our creative successes and frustrations, our friendships, relationships and rivalries.
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Hopes pinned on the design ber-champ
Tessa Jowell, re-appointed as culture secretary in the new Cabinet, is, we are told, bidding to become a new “über-champion” for good design across government departments.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Use the forceYou would think a seminar on the future of terrace housing would be the one place where you could escape the hype surrounding this week’s release of the new Star Wars film. You thought wrong. Paul Lees of Adactus Housing Group tried to make his talk more entertaining ...
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Ian Martin
Culture, as Suzi Towel constantly reminds us, never sleeps — ‘or if it does, it’s only in little naps’