All Opinion articles – Page 305

  • Opinion

    Rerun the ballot

    2006-08-04T00:00:00Z

    Your headline on this weeks paper “19% back BNP man” is somewhat misleading and I feel unrepresentative of the real facts.

  • Opinion

    BNP aside, Phillips voices real worries

    2006-08-04T00:00:00Z

    I am one of those who voted for Peter Phillips before being made aware of his political affiliations — and did so on the basis of his “manifesto”

  • Opinion

    Real crux is society’s view of architects

    2006-08-04T00:00:00Z

    If you had your time again would you still want to become an architect? This is one of the questions being asked by the RIBA in the most comprehensive survey it has ever undertaken.

  • Opinion

    Arb, not race

    2006-08-04T00:00:00Z

    When the election papers went out no-one was aware of Peter Phillips’ links with the BNP. The majority of votes are cast within a week of receipt of papers.

  • Opinion

    Schools must speak to the wider world

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Students know that when they leave university and begin work in practice they must also leave their architectural dreams behind. But is it right to have these dreams in the first place?

  • Opinion

    Ian Martin

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    There could be a case for regional design champions, each with an armed militia

  • Opinion

    Tax on foreigners?

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    The letter from Arb’s Jon Levett (July 14) contradicts my current situation. As an MSc architecture graduate from Delft University of Technology, I am a registered qualified architect in the Netherlands, and have been working in the UK for the past two years.

  • Opinion

    Noddy stays dry

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    No doubt Southend Borough Council has ensured some flood risk was taken into account at Shoeburyness (Works July 21) but should the site have been used at all for residential purposes?

  • Opinion

    Data retrieval

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    I was surprised to see my comments about collaborative acquisitions of archives taken out of context (News analysis July 21).

  • Opinion

    Client feedback

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Having been placed third in the selection process for the Shetland cinema and music venue, we believe some recent coverage has been unfortunate (News July 7).

  • Opinion

    Charter principles

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    I would like to reassure David Burn (Letters July 21) and BD readers that the new RIBA chartered practice scheme is not quite as suggested in his letter, by clarifying the following points:

  • Brad works on the architectural look.
    Opinion

    Concrete Boots

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    This weeks quips …

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    Opinion

    Place your bets...

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    ...for your guess as to which UK location will host the first supercasino — and who will design it. Ellen Bennett chronicles the high-stakes story

  • Opinion

    Reconstructing the art of conversation

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    My interest in interviews was triggered by two conversations that I read as a student. One was between Pierre Cabanne and Marcel Duchamp; the other between David Sylvester and Francis Bacon. These books brought me to art, they were like oxygen. I was fascinated by the idea of how an ...

  • Opinion

    Arb accreditation is based on quality

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    In response to John Assael (Letters July 14), I studied for my part I in Hong Kong and came to the UK for my part II two years ago. I undertook UK accreditation with Arb in December 2004.

  • Opinion

    Road rage

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Judy Millett, London NW5

  • Opinion

    Nuclear saviour

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Wicek Sosna, London E1

  • Opinion

    Ian Martin

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    The consensus is that Israel should create a level playing field in Lebanon by bombing more of it, twice if necessary

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    Opinion

    Exalting Zumthor

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Budd, Sheffield

  • Opinion

    Park and chide

    2006-07-21T00:00:00Z

    Richard Temple Cox, chairman, Castle Vale Trust 1992-2005