All Opinion articles – Page 310
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Take our place at heart of invention
The soapbox I am standing on is made of Aerogel. It is strong enough to take my weight, yet so light it is easy to carry. This versatile material is used by Nasa to catch stardust, but it can be specified to create translucent building envelopes with a very low ...
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Fountain fair play
Mary Bowman of Gustafson Porter suggests my continued pursuit for the truth behind the flawed competition is because my design was not shortlisted (Letters May 19). I was, in fact, never a competitor! I also have yet to contact her company.However, it is my continued belief that any design ...
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Is the listing system set for demolition?
Whatever your view is about the merits of RMJM’s Commonwealth Institute, the decision by Tessa Jowell to seek its demolition through a special act of parliament should not come as a total surprise.
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Valley of death
I symphathise with Stephen Lawrence having his intellectual work for the Lower Lea Valley park unacknowledged by Stratford (News May 19). We spent three years on a masterplan for the valley for Newham, after winning a competition in 1999. While we were negotiating the next stage Edaw slipped in with ...
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Clarification
Studio Egret West is the practice working with Edaw on the Holt Town Waterfront (News May 26), not Studio Egret as our abbreviated headline had it.
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Fighting chance
The new presidential triumvirate (Who will win your vote, May 26) sets Peter Phillips centre-stage, flanked by two candidates who sound as if they may have chosen their speech makers from ranks of government identikit androids. He sounds refreshingly apart, a bit like Jeremy Clarkson.
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John Gummer's proposal to scrap the building regulations
John Gummer's proposal (BD 19 May) to scrap the building regulations raises two questions. What do we think their purpose is? If they were scrapped would other legislation soon take their place?
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Better schools? Where the real challenge lies
A real opportunity for better schools or a cash cow for those who have until now seen little profit in the educational sector?
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Past the post
Seeing your headline "Arb reformers fall at first hurdle" (News May 19), I wondered whether James Rose and I were at the same race meeting. I saw five reformist runners enter the field and leave at the end having made the most constructive contributions to debate, along with two appointed ...
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Political intrigue
In your article on the Venice Architecture Biennale (News Analysis May 12), you quote Fred Manson's response that "if architects want to be political they should join political parties". Is this a misquote? I can't believe that so enlightened a figure would make this point.
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Offensive image
I am quite certain Jan Maciag's comment (Letters May 19) will cause wide and deep offence.
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OpinionIan Martin
By placing publicly commissioned lumps of art at nodal points on the city's energy lines you can unblock the ‘urban chi'
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Good job too
Brighton University did not "score nil" for students' job prospects in the Education Guardian's league tables for architecture.
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Not so free state
I have just returned from a teaching engagement at the University of the Free State in South Africa. Along with other schools of architecture there, it enjoys RIBA validation which enables part II students to be overseas members of the RIBA and, in theory, eligible to take part III and ...
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Correction
Northern Edge did not receive a letter from English Partnerships clarifying the reason for its rejection from the 60K house competition, as reported (News May 12).
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Corb in context
I fully support the initiative (News May 5) to bring a Le Corbusier exhibition to Liverpool 2008, but find the notion of burying his work in Lutyens' crypt alongside former Catholic bishops somewhat of a challenge.
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Green campaign
"Winning green hearts" (Solutions May 19) implied greater sustainability could be delivered by either regulation or PR. I believe the battle is best served by simultaneously tackling both fronts.
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