All Opinion articles – Page 75
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Highs and lows
The Strata building by BFLS (News March 26) is surely the nastiest, most aggressive, vulgar building of the last 10 years in London
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Institute fails to reflect interiors
I read Diana Yakeley’s comments (Letters March 26) with much interest and, I have to say, incredulity.
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OpinionAre the HCA’s proposed design standards good for housing?
No, says Stewart Baseley, the cost of meeting them will slow the flow of much-needed new housing; while Richard Simmons argues that we need to know every penny is well spent
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OpinionEarning their licence to build
Never mind architects learning how developers work, developers should have to learn how architects work before they are allowed to build
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OpinionBankable names
Jean Nouvel’s design for this year’s Serpentine pavilion (News March 26) is only the most recent of the series of pavilions designed by established, older and bankable architects who clearly rarely have the time to pay proper attention to the project (I except the brilliant Sanaa)
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Needing unity
I was saddened to read that some practices are offering young architects dangerously long hours and salaries that fail to meet the minimum wage (News March 12)
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Keep up the fight
There are three good reasons why Robin Hood Gardens should not be demolished
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Get off the fence
As a recent part II graduate myself, I don’t see how the RIBA can allow such low pay
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OpinionWe don’t just plump cushions
Ed Hollis writes (Opinion March 19) that interior design “lacks a body of sufficient scale and authority to protect and articulate their interests”. This is both inaccurate and untrue
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OpinionCredit where due
I read James Soane’s article on the Liverpool Playhouse (Inspiration March 12) with pride and similarity of experience
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Backwards step
You reported that RIBA president Ruth Reed had refused to condemn low payers (News March 19)
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Abnormal desire
On your back page (This Week March 19), Jacques Herzog is quoted as saying “Our public projects are often extraordinary —I almost feel as if I need permission to think: can I do something normal here?”
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OpinionMen of vision
It is with great sadness that I read last week about the deaths of two of architecture’s greatest minds: Bruce Graham and Raimund Abraham (News March 12)
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Marriage value
Katie Wilmot (Letters March 12) should relax. Architecture is being served by the use of 66 Portland Place for weddings and other non-RIBA functions
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Living proof
What a shame that Austin Williams (Debate March 5) uses environmental awareness as a negative point in the future of the architectural profession
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Getting the hump
Last week’s BD featured a large photograph of a Children’s Centre in Barnes (Works March 12)
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Ease planning
Last week’s leader berates developers for not getting on with developing derelict brownfield sites
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OpinionDevaluing the profession
In the summer I had an interview with James Parritt, who claimed Parritt Leng had plenty of work and was not feeling the recession like other practices, contrary to partner Kuan Leng’s comments (News March 12)
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Correction
A review of Farshid Moussavi’s book The Function of Form (Culture March 5) incorrectly described Moussavi as a former partner in Foreign Office Architects
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Cheap labour
During the last major downturn I applied for a job advertised for a part II architect. During the interview I was told that my role would involve mostly dealing with the public on the telephone