All Opinion articles – Page 152
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Building enmity
The surge in new school building and refurbishing, sponsored by the government and administered by BSF, is to meet the backlog of neglect in the existing stock, caused by many years of shameful lack of maintenance.
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Blame game
Education has been a political football in the UK since 1945 and this has been, and continues to be, detrimental to the progress of this country
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OpinionArchitecture student won’t play ball
Boots tips her cap to any youngster passionate enough to embark on a course of architectural training
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OpinionHousebuilding’s catch-22
In order to cut building costs, the industry needs to spend on technical innovation
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OpinionWhat is the problem with the prince?
Prince Charles’s environmental aims are those you’d want in a developer. So what is it that rankles?
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Window smear
Your feature on student buildings at Somerville College, Oxford (Technical January 14) shows a window unit section that is unbelievable
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OpinionOxley Woods: the inside story
Your front page story and leader (January 21) contain much that supports what has been achieved at Oxley Woods to date. However, the headline,”Rogers ditched” is misleading and contradicts the success story described in both pieces
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Home making
Your leader (January 21) views the dumping of Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Oxley Woods designs primarily through the prism of Modern
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Only way forward
Further to the restructuring of the RIBA and abolition of the RIBA Trust, members will have received an email from the president about statements made in the press
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Docklands vision
I don’t want to detract from Reg Ward’s great visionary qualities (News January 21).
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OpinionA bloody good Hydeing
Perhaps it was a secret ingredient that Heston Blumenthal put in the “meat fruit” that he served to the guests at the opening of One Hyde Park …
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OpinionBy royal approval
Date October 1986Location Stirling, ScotlandSubject Prince of Wales In a week when the Prince of Wales secured planning for a new model community in Cumnock, we look back to 1986 when he opened Scotland’s first self-build scheme, in Stirling.The project was undertaken by the Colquhoun Street Residents Association, Rod Hackney ...
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Grads for all
I can’t commend Grads highly enough (“Newcastle Grads scheme sets pace for recruitment News January 21).
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OpinionDo Tottenham’s stadium plans betray London’s 2012 promise?
Yes, says Tessa Jowell, we need a world class athletics stadium; while Andrew Boff says it’s daft to risk everything for the track.
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OpinionSchool views
Our office is adjacent to the site of the Islamia school in Salusbury Road and I am a local resident
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OpinionModern methods stumble
The Oxley Woods u-turn only shows that prefabricated housing must be built on a bigger scale to be economically viable.
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Out of hours
The assault on an employee of Bond Bryan reinforces the notion that the long hours culture in practice should not be tolerated.
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Get the picture
The illustration of Liam O’Connor’s design for the Bomber Command memorial planned for Green Park (Letters January 14), does not depict the real situation.
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Stop the damage
The sudden abolition of the RIBA Trust is very difficult to justify. It has been one of the most successful parts of the RIBA.But it raises issues more important than just the discourteous way it was handled by the chief executive. The manner by which this “reorganisation” was forced through ...