All Opinion articles – Page 72
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Opinion
One size fits all
Following my letter published in BD May 14, I would like to clarify that I intended a general comment in agreement with the request by RIBA Council for declarations of interest to include all memberships of associations, clubs, and professional memberships
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OpinionQuangos quiver under Osborne's axe
Today is the dry run for the pain ahead, but already squeals can be heard from Cabe, from English Heritage and from the Tate. All have lost 3% of their annual budget, which doesn’t sound so bad, but Cabe is facing cuts of up to £800,000 in its annual budget, ...
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OpinionSurrey Quays, the real Tory heartland
The Conservative non-planners of the eighties have never been held to account for their legacy
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OpinionWhat a difference a day makes
The new architecture and heritage minister is not, after all, Ed Vaizey but John Penrose, who until the election was shadow minister for business, enterprise and regulatory reform.
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Building on the bureaucratic rubble
Coalition government could be the best news the construction industry’s had in years
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OpinionOur heritage is in your hands
The Brooking Collection of Architectural Detail needs your help to survive
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OpinionGove gets off to a bad start
The new education secretary’s ill-informed remarks suggests he has little understanding of architecture
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OpinionPatrolling the windowbox war zone
Whatever the scale, it’s not always easy to reach consensus in battles over our environment
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RIBA stands by as we lose work
Jane Duncan, RIBA practice vice-president, emailed members last week on low pay
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Learn from this
“Job losses are also expected at the Business Academy, Bexley, which has a £500,000 budget deficit brought about by expensive repairs to its £31 million Norman Foster building.” Times Educational Supplement reporting on teacher redundancies
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In need of new leadership
The next RIBA president must be someone willing to fight architects’ corner
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OpinionLet’s keep politicians out of it
Whoever wins the election, we don’t want them meddling with architecture
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Don’t forget us
John Kellett (Letters April 23) says architects are the only professionals qualified to design buildings from conception to completion
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OpinionIs RIBA showing the signs of an organisation in crisis?
Yes, says Chris Roche, as exemplified by the failure of many council members to declare their interests; but Andrew Hanson argues that the RIBA exists to do far more than promote its members’ interests
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Baby steps?
Does anyone out there know why the building regulations say that a railing to a stairs must be constructed so a 100mm diameter sphere cannot pass through the railings at any point
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Ask the members
GKV Tomlinson’s Letter of the Week (“RIBA fails to fight our corner” April 30) is one of the best I have seen in Building Design
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A phoney war
I am disappointed by the way you reported the issue of trainee architects’ low pay — and your insinuation that the RIBA and its president do not recognise that this is a very real issue
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Labour of love
While there are inevitable criticisms that can be levelled at Labour’s record, we recognise that architecture has generally done well under them
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OpinionTime is ripe to revive the ‘Rippon’ effect
By ensuring small-scale urban buildings are protected, we have saved some places, but have we gone far enough?
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OpinionDon’t let them off the hook
The construction industry has failed to take the three main parties to task over where public sector cuts will fall