All Opinion articles – Page 174
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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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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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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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OpinionIs Scotland set to repeat the mistakes of Kickstart?
Yes, says Malcolm Fraser of Malcolm Fraser Architects; no, argues housing minister Alex Neil, it’s vital for the nation
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Invest in future
I must take issue with your slightly dimmed memory about design standards (“New Labour’s sorry legacy”, Leader April 1). If the quality of design and construction undertaken between 1979 and 1997 the laissez faire design-and-build era is anything to go by, heaven help the built environment if the Tories return
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OpinionCabe gives me engage rage
Le Corbusier must be turning in his grave at the modern obsession with ‘engaging the public’
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OpinionDanger of sidelining building
Election pledges to defend public sector jobs ignore our responsibility to decrease carbon emissions
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OpinionSteel beats wood to Olympic gold
Timber should have been the star of the ‘sustainable’ 2012 Games
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Basildon blues
Chris Phillips isn’t the only architect standing for election (News April 9), and nor are the Conservatives the only choice — at least in the so-called bellwether constituency of Basildon and Billericay, where I am standing for the Liberal Democrats
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OpinionGerman steely about Orbit
Anish Kapoor’s ArcelorMittal Orbit tower for the 2012 Olympics has been widely slammed by commentators in Britain. And now the Germans are having a go
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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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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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OpinionQuality of Mersey
The carefully chosen photo of Liverpool’s waterfront (above) on the front of new Government Statement on the Historic Environment is meant to be a perfect example of the government’s careful stewardship of the built environment
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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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OpinionHow Londoners lost the space race
The 100 Public Spaces scheme would have given the city its Olympic legacy
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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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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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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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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)