All Opinion articles – Page 217
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OpinionRIBA is here for you, with a plan
Thank you for reporting my proposal that a national programme of energy upgrade of the existing housing stock would be a highly effective way to invest public money to mitigate the effects of the recession (News November 14). How strange then, to mislead your readers by suggesting this constitutes the ...
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Two extremes
Two excellent articles (Opinion and Works, November 7) threw into stark relief both the quality and paucity of contemporary architectural projects.
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Knuckle down
Last week’s advice on how to survive another recession left me wondering if the authors actually experienced the true depth of the recession in the early nineties.
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Deserted Rock
It seems like eons ago now, but the shadow of Northern Rock’s collapse still hangs over Tyneside.
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Cold shoulder
Still with Kevin McCloud, who took part in an Architecture Club debate this week, asking whether the public and the profession understand each other.
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Charm offensive
Paul Tyler, the Lib Dem peer who successfully campaigned for design to be included in the new planning bill, has been less successful in getting his own design idea to a bigger audience.
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OpinionWant to save lives? Dump the CDM regs
Procedures don’t work as well as real people with experience, skill and judgement
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OpinionEye on the ball
At first, everyone wanted a piece of the Olympic pie, but now it’s hard not to pity the poor architects who did manage to win work.
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OpinionIs the Thames Estuary airport better than a bigger Heathrow?
Yes, it’s a long-term sustainable solution, says TP Bennett’s Richard Beastall; while pro-airports campaigner Clive Soley argues it would mean the death of Heathrow
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OpinionOn the air
For those still interested in the epic falling-out between the BBC and Richard MacCormac, some very juicy private documents, including Bovis’s specific list of grievances with the architect, have emerged on the information superhighway.
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OpinionHousing agency’s big moment
The Home & Communities Agency has some good ideas to help the market, but it needs to inject some fresh thinking into housing delivery
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OpinionThree reasons to be cheerful in a downturn
Sustainable design group the Green Register offer inspiration for green architects as the economic slowdown begins to bite
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Renovate rebate
I would like to correct Ivor Hall’s comments on council tax rebates during renovation of empty properties (Letters October 31).
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OpinionA signal to rebuild public transport
There must be a reason why the boring old car is architecturally uncelebrated
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On the plus side
Still with Norman, newsstands groaning under the weight of recession-defying glossy magazines will soon carry one more from the biggest brand in architecture.
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OpinionHow can the RIBA help you?
We’ve waited patiently for the RIBA to give a lead on the recession, and now it’s finally come, it’s simply not enough
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Trust funds
While the Stephen Lawrence Trust cites the recession as one reason it is unable to repair its windows, it does not lack celebrity backers, who turned out in force to support a charity art auction at the Dorchester this week.
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Contracting out
Just how bad is the recession? Pretty nasty, according to RIBA Publications, which tells Boots there has been a dramatic drop in sales of JCT contracts.