All Opinion articles – Page 267
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Opinion
Be an insider
Edward Jarvis (Letters August 10) is quite right: get elected and influence from the inside!
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OpinionA step too far for the RIBA?
The RIBA’s plans for a design quality panel have merit — but potential pitfalls too
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OpinionFaltering finger on the local pulse
As electronic upstarts replace local papers, who will shape our ‘imagined communities’ of the future?
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Dressed to thrill
Architects have taken a central role in the relaunch of upmarket men’s magazine Esquire, Boots is pleased to see. Next month’s new-look issue features office designs by practices including the “edgy” Seth Stein, de Metz Forbes Knight and the ubiquitous AHMM.
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... don’t widen it
The US bridge tragedy seems to have prompted a new round of inappropriate and irrelevant “engineer vs architect” headlines in search of a story, with a reasonable debate on the promotion of good bridge design portrayed as a “clash” between professions.
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Create a dynasty
Readers wanting their children to follow in their footsteps need look no further than the Archikids Club — a new website from Open House and landlord Grainger aiming to encourage youngsters to explore the world of architecture.
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OpinionWhat an energising, self-built community
Ian Martin judges a self-build teepee contest at the Camp for Climate Change at Heathrow.
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OpinionVital ‘no set-off’ clause must stay
Despite Richard Brindley’s claims (News August 10), two solicitors specialising in construction law have advised that the ‘no set-off’ clause is fully enforceable in consumer contracts, provided the consumer has the term explained to him and agrees to it beforehand. The regulations specifically provide for this.
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OpinionCabin fever
Is Laurie Chetwood the Richard Branson of the architecture world, Boots wonders?
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OpinionShould multi-storey timber frame building be halted?
Should multi-storey timber frame building be halted? After last week’s huge fire at a block of flats in central Hatfield, Martin Clarke wants a moratorium on this construction type, while architect Andrew Waugh argues for tighter site safety
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Bridge the gap
What was missing from the long discussion I had with your journalist for your story on the Minneapolis bridge collapse (News August 10) was the reference to the need for engineer and architect to work in close collaboration from the outset, not to see the bridge architect as simply fiddling ...
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OpinionBroad appeal
While I would agree with Saul Metzstein (Opinion August 3) over the high- rise housing “solution” for Cambridge shown on TV, I cannot endorse his view of David Dimbleby’s How We Built Britain series, which I thought was excellent, light-hearted and ideal material for encouraging many viewers to take a ...
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Opinion
Tax and spend
Paul Velluet raises important questions about listed buildings at risk (Letters August 3). However, he does not mention the corrosive effect of VAT that bedevils many private owners who want to maintain listed structures properly.
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Put up or shut up
Stop moaning about planning committee decisions (Leader August 3) and do something about it. It is not difficult to become an elected councillor, so go and get yourself elected and dominate the planning committees. The political parties are desperate for articulate, educated professionals to stand.
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OpinionQuids in, and out
BD’s report on student dropout rates last week did not consider the phenomenon of students being expelled for inappropriate involvement with a Frank Gehry development.
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Humble pie
Saul Metzstein (Opinion August 3) may well be right to castigate the housing “solution” shown in Germaine Greer’s television programme as half-baked.
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Forthright view
Not everyone in Scotland is sorry to see that Reiach & Hall’s canopy at the Forth Bridge Toll Plaza is facing demolition. Alan Dunlop of GM&AD Architects, for one, is a happy man.
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OpinionForm of flattery
How lovely to have provided the inspiration to so many high-flying young firms in the form of Eight’s Shanghai Expo entry (News August 3, pictured).