All Opinion articles – Page 75
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OpinionPoor thinking on low pay
The issue of low or no pay for students and newly qualified architect members is clearly a matter of importance to a profession that too often gives away cheaply its unique skills
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Market mints it
Stewart Baseley from the Home Builders Federation writing about the Homes & Communities Agency’s proposed design standards (Debate April 1) is right that “it is about affordability”, but finding room for snooker tables is not the problem
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OpinionWaste watchers
With reference to Jonathan Glancey’s entertaining column (April 9) in which he suggests a book about Pevsner/Nairn Post-Thatcher/ New Labour Subtopian Trashpiles of Britain, I’ll happily chip in a fiver towards his advance
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OpinionShould architects welcome a change of government?
Yes, says Chris Phillips, architects will benefit from Conservative proposals; while Paul Fletcher says the current government has a good track record
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OpinionWind chill factor
You have rightly sparked off a debate on the thorny question of whether faith in wind power is misplaced (Leader March 26)
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Not so cushy
After some 27 years as a professional interior designer/decorator it frequently ruffles my feathers — never mind those in cushions — to find that interior design is still considered by many as a “housewives’ hobby” (Opinion March 19, and Letters March 26 and April 1)
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Support fair pay
BD’s recent articles on low pay give an unclear picture of both my views and the institute’s position on this important issue
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OpinionThe land that Pevsner forgot
No one is charting the new buildings that are springing up to swamp our cities
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OpinionHow Londoners lost the space race
The 100 Public Spaces scheme would have given the city its Olympic legacy
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OpinionIgnore low pay at your peril
The institute’s refusal to take action over low pay — or even debate it — exposes it as aloof from its members
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Money talks
The low pay debate is tricky, but is “exploitation” the right word to use? I’d say wages are low because industry fees are low, and getting lower
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Steel yourselves
Politicians, businessmen, artists and their edifices… a tale as old as time itself (“Anish Kapoor unveils Olympic sculpture” bdonline)
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OpinionDongtan, icon of our vanishing future
Two years after its ravishing images wowed the media, there is still no sign of an eco-city
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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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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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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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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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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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It’s not personal
In defence of Ruth Reed’s refusal to condemn low-paying practices (News March 19), she does agree with the thrust of what we have all said