All Opinion articles – Page 172
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Opinion
The grisly truth
The question last week about the 100mm rule on staircases has a slightly grisly answer I think.
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OpinionGove must try harder, not us
As an architect who has been working on school projects, including BSF schemes for the last 15 years, I feel I have to respond to Michael Gove’s statement that architectural practices “have done so well out of the Building Schools for the Future programme by creaming off cash which should ...
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Correction
Contrary to our report last week, the Olympic Park wind turbines are not being developed by Atkins but by the firm Quiet Revolutions
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Time for change
In common with many others, I am beginning to despair of the RIBA. Its timid approach on the low pay issue, the disarray of RIBA London, and the council members who have not signed the declaration of interests form, thereby potentially making council decisions open to challenge, are all signs ...
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OpinionIs a hung parliament good news for architects?
PRP’s Andy von Bradsky says it’s time for consensus politics, but Clifford Martin of Capita argues investment in architecture will not be a priority for the coalition government
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Going it alone
I much enjoyed the article “Orange is the only Fruit” on the Lakerlopen Housing Project by Biq (Works April 30).
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OpinionCreating affordability at Chelsea Barracks
The Qataris seem to have found a cunning solution to the affordable housing “problem” at Chelsea Barracks: bung all the plebs over the road at Grosvenor Waterside.
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OpinionPatrolling the windowbox war zone
Whatever the scale, it’s not always easy to reach consensus in battles over our environment
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RIBA stands by as we lose work
Jane Duncan, RIBA practice vice-president, emailed members last week on low pay
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Learn from this
“Job losses are also expected at the Business Academy, Bexley, which has a £500,000 budget deficit brought about by expensive repairs to its £31 million Norman Foster building.” Times Educational Supplement reporting on teacher redundancies
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In need of new leadership
The next RIBA president must be someone willing to fight architects’ corner
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OpinionLet’s keep politicians out of it
Whoever wins the election, we don’t want them meddling with architecture
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Don’t forget us
John Kellett (Letters April 23) says architects are the only professionals qualified to design buildings from conception to completion
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OpinionShow me yours on ‘crit roulette’
Video networking site chatroulette.com has found a number of unlikely uses since its inception, including an outlet for those inclined toward baring all
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OpinionIs RIBA showing the signs of an organisation in crisis?
Yes, says Chris Roche, as exemplified by the failure of many council members to declare their interests; but Andrew Hanson argues that the RIBA exists to do far more than promote its members’ interests
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Baby steps?
Does anyone out there know why the building regulations say that a railing to a stairs must be constructed so a 100mm diameter sphere cannot pass through the railings at any point
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Ask the members
GKV Tomlinson’s Letter of the Week (“RIBA fails to fight our corner” April 30) is one of the best I have seen in Building Design
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A phoney war
I am disappointed by the way you reported the issue of trainee architects’ low pay — and your insinuation that the RIBA and its president do not recognise that this is a very real issue
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Labour of love
While there are inevitable criticisms that can be levelled at Labour’s record, we recognise that architecture has generally done well under them
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OpinionTime is ripe to revive the ‘Rippon’ effect
By ensuring small-scale urban buildings are protected, we have saved some places, but have we gone far enough?