All Opinion articles – Page 89
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OpinionStop PFI cash going to banks
Given that Labour’s craven worship of bankers has dropped us so completely in the poo, it is extraordinary that we continue with the PPP/PFI “supertanker” that puts the provision of our public buildings in bankers’ hands (News March 6)
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Bridge of sighs
I read with extreme sadness about the setback for Thomas Heatherwick’s brilliant bridge design for King’s Cross (News March 6). What is £7.5 million to pay for excellence in the present climate, when a banker is rewarded for his mistakes with £20 million in public money to play golf in ...
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Time to educate
Over the past 15 years, I have delivered many seminars to the public, which often does not understand that being an “architectural designer” is not the same thing.
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Raise your game
In response to Andrew Black (Letters February 27) and his apparent concern for the work being done by architectural consultants/ designers, are we to believe that only part III RIBA architects are qualified to design buildings?
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OpinionHorse sense
Further to Jonathan’s Glancey’s article (February 20) regarding the expense of Mark Wallinger’s White Horse at Ebbsfleet, there is a simple solution.
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OpinionDo you still want protection?
We hope our Arb survey will give an accurate picture of what the profession really feels
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OpinionMIPIM 2009: Dispatches from the wreckage
The recession has made this year’s Mipim a shadow of previous events, but on the upside, plane fares are down
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OpinionPublic space takes an unfair hit
As the industry looks to public bodies for finance, the funds to improve London have been drastically cut
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Good for Arb
Sorry, I don’t agree with your otherwise excellent editor on protection of title
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OpinionArchitects must protect title
Members of the public have little concept of what an architect actually is and generally refer to non-architects as architects, often believing they have employed an architect
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Why we belong
Protection of title was discussed at length many years ago and the issue upheld as important for the general public as well as architects
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Charter fight
BD’s leader showing that Arb is unable to protect the public from pseudo-architects in the internet age was going along fine until suddenly it said: “Protect function by all means”
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Follow the money
At last someone has dared to question protected title (Leader February 20). It is not that title cannot be protected. It is just that, as you say, it is a waste of time and money
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Qualified success
Protection of the title of architect is ineffective without protection of the role. Individuals cannot use the title without being registered with Arb, but can carry out any services they like without qualifications. It is futile to protect the title without protecting the role.
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100% effort
It is pointless for the RIBA’s Jane Duncan to exhort architects not to work for reduced fees (Debate February 6). As in the last recession 15 years ago, the market will decide what fees we shall be able to charge. Indeed, I understand that Tesco has already cut the fees ...
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OpinionSea change for Southampton
Southampton is a sad city, as described by Owen Hatherley (Urban Trawl February 6), and I would like to see a similar article on Liverpool.
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Courtesy title
It is bad enough having the media routinely ignoring the terms of the Architects’ Registration Act and calling any old plansmith an architect without you doing the same in your story about the Prince of Wales’s “Surfbury” development (News February 6).
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OpinionMystery deepens
The mystery man next to Cedric Price (Archive February 6) looks like a young Michael Brawne.
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OpinionMud lark
Jonathan Glancey might like to know that construction using mud and earth (“Building with mud, glorious mud”, February 6) is alive and well in north-east Yorkshire. I am currently restoring buildings of rubble stone bound with mud. These date from the late 17th century, so have stood the test of ...