All Opinion articles – Page 291
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OpinionThis time, only world class will do
If Milton Court on the Barbican Estate must go, its replacement has to be much, much better
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Drain brain
BD’s revelations last week of plans by the Olympic Delivery Authority to emulate the great Victorian engineer Joseph Bazalgette, were timely indeed.
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OpinionIs Dubai a folly architects should steer clear of?
As Dubai tries to shake off its gas-guzzling image, Richard Hywel Evans argues the city lacks heart, while Nic Jacobs applauds its grand vision
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Arb must reform
I have read the letter from Arb’s registrar and chief executive Alison Carr. It was before her time, but if she checks the number of votes gained by the architects in the Arb Reform Group she will see that they secured about 70%, including my vote — hardly “a handful ...
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Titles tell all
In not saying what sort of engineers have signed the lack of respect e-petition last week, Boots rather reinforces the point that they are making. Presumably they are consultants of some kind.
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OpinionAnonymous Architecture
UEL Masters student Theo Honohan explores the inconsistency in architects' desire for anonymity in his latest posting for Student Space
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Name shame
Protection of title may be an ongoing issue for architects but spare a thought for engineers, who have no such protection.
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Misplaced loyalty
Alison Carr’s letter on Arb (March 16) presents a defence of the indefensible. Loyalty is of course a virtue, but just how loyal the new registrar should be to her recent predecessors must be examined carefully for several reasons.
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Wrath of God
As the campaign against two proposed KPF towers in Victoria gathers steam, there’s more worrying news for Land Securities.
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OpinionRude gesture
I found your story “Academies pay price for ‘architectural gestures’” (March 2) highly misleading.
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In the family way
Congratulations to Dominic Papa of Studio 333 who becomes a member of Cabe’s design review panel – a panel which is actually bigger than Cabe was when it launched eight years ago.
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Fair objections
I don’t agree with Piers Gough (Debate March 9) that the public is encouraged to object to all applications regardless of the facts. Our local amenity society has over 1,200 members and none, as far as I know, is rabidly reactionary or nauseatingly self-righteous.
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Local democracy
I completely agree with Piers Gough, nimbyism having become the strongest influence on decision making by local authority planning committees.
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Say cheese
Among the amateur paparazzi at Tom Bloxham’s party in the dead cool Bubble House last week was Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons, who spent a large part of the evening snapping pictures of the house on his mobile.
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Victoria is the next battle
London’s skyline is hot property. In open defiance of local planning policy Land Securities and KPF have proposed two mega-towers at Victoria.
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OpinionAre architecture exhibitions a waste of space?
As the Tate reveals plans to hold major architecture exhibitions every two years, Rob Wilson and Victoria Thornton disagree about whether such shows can ever live up to their promise