All Opinion articles – Page 171
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OpinionIs losing Vaizey as architecture minister a blow to heritage?
Catherine Croft is disappointed by the surprise reshuffle that saw John Penrose take over from Ed Vaizey, but Ben Stafford says give Penrose a chance
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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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OpinionSticking point
The problems raised by Charles Bain Smith (Letters May 7) appear to have been “resolved in part” by Theis & Khan, as shown in Works of your May 14 issue
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OpinionWho will pay for our memorials?
Despite there being a moratorium on memorials in London’s Royal Parks, and the recommendations by the planning officers of City of Westminster to refuse the application, Westminster’s planning committee has approved the Bomber Command Memorial for Green Park, an irrelevant and ridiculous 100m-long grand colonnade on Piccadilly – a colonnade ...
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Legislate now
As a long-in-the-tooth chartered architectural technologist, well versed in building regulations and providing clients with a good service I am bound by a code of conduct that states quite clearly that full members of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologist offering architectural services are required to carry professional indemnity insurance.If ...
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Please leave now
Architects spend their lives whining, blaming Conservative governments and playing the martyr, almost revelling in their tough education and massive redundancies in the bad times
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Sad slave labour
What a sad profession architecture really is - practices only kept economic by slave labour hours, by graduates who will be sacked the next day once whatever horrible, meritless building they are working on has moved on from documentation stage
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OpinionA home under St Paul’s dome?
The most unlikely conversions could make magnificent places to live.
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OpinionDeath row and data protection
Boots was concerned to read about the plight of AA graduate-turned property developer Aziz Qayoumi (pictured) who is currently on death row in Kabul
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OpinionIs the sketch superior to the computer-generated image?
Yes, says Alan Dunlop, a line drawing lasts the test of time; while Alice Scott thinks computer rendering is a more powerful tool
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One step beyond
Your correspondents (Letters May 14) showed proper concern for child safety in the precise spacing of balusters
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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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Shoddy masonry
We need an RIBA with a spine that stands up for the profession rather than a “yes body”. We also need an institute that has a council with no conflicts of interest whatsoever, as the “fingers in pies” scenario on any panel is highly detrimental to it functioning properly
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Use your head
Charles Bain Smith (Letters May 7) seems to have a smattering of gynaecological knowledge which doesn’t seem all that applicable to staircases.