All Opinion articles – Page 333
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Topsy-turvy logic
Make should be commended for its aim to become a carbon-neutral office (News May 6), but I was surprised to read that it is proposing such an inefficient form for its proposed tower in Abu Dhabi (News May 20).
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Shifting intentions
I trust that Frank Duffy and Owen Luder are able publicly to refute Malcolm Nickolls’ extraordinary assertion that at the time of the drafting of the act they, as successive RIBA presidents, conspired to give Arb the very powers that they were telling their own members the new act would ...
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Insider knowledge
It seems symptomatic of our times that your coverage of the Chipperfield housing on the edge of Madrid features five large colour photographs of the exterior but none of the habitable interior — with only one plan so small as to be virtually illegible.
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Ian Martin
How can I introduce ‘comfort and humour’ into my boutique hotel? Two layers of carpet and a clown on reception
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Founded on facts
I couldn't agree more with Malcolm Fraser’s views on the “obscenity” of demolishing up to 400,000 houses in northern England (Soapbox May 27).
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A good discipline
Charlie Gates refers to critics who are likely to be disappointed with the election of Brett Steele as chairman of the AA, as he may be too academic for the exigencies of practice (News May 27).
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Sting in de-tail
To an architect “God is in the detail” when all the components intersect in exactly the right way (Letters June 3).
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Haunting houseAt the Offsite conference in Watford on Monday, John Prescott had his 700th tour of the English Partnerships Summit House, designed by PRP. He joked that he felt like the house was “following him around” because it seems to appear at every conference/ summit he attends. Strange, then, that ...
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Enough talking, join our eco audit
It is the most important issue facing architects in a generation. Housing, schools, hospitals all count by the common question running through everything an architect does now: sustainability.Yes, I know it’s a terrible word, sustainability. It has lost its meaning at the same pace as the issue it represents has ...
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OpinionFacing up to the Spanish Armad
I relished BD’s extensive coverage of David Chipperfield’s “Villaverde” (News and Works June 3).
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Star appeal of the noblest profession
The news that “the world’s sexiest man” is eager to join the ranks of the world’s noblest profession ought to be enthusiastically embraced as yet another sign of architecture’s irresistible rise.
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OpinionCartoon architect with high ambitions
With spiky quiff, round spectacles and loose-fit black suit, Archi the everyman architect and star of the world’s first daily cartoon strip based around an architect, comes to life on a scrap of paper in the BD canteen
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Surely a typo
In response to the Adjaye Associates recruitment advert (Jobs May 27): Architecture studio based in inner London and expanding into Japanese market seeks architectural assistant… with excellent knowledge of Japanese regulations and construction methods. Must be fluent in Japanese and English… Previous experience in architectural practices in both Japan and ...
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Signing in vein
I, too, have had a planning application spurned because the application was signed in black fountain pen and therefore apparently impossible to distinguish from the photocopy (Letters May 27).
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Pathfinder takes a wrong turning
Malcolm Fraser rightly condemns the insensitive government Pathfinder housing programme for the ecological obscurity that it is (Soapbox May 27).
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Taking inspiration from Swiss masters
Architecture schools are brimming with nervous energy.
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Icons square off
How intriguing that, after Alsop and Allies & Morrison’s much-reported “icon vs non-icon” spat, when they were given offices to design in Southwark (News Analysis, May 20) they both produce square glass boxes covered with coloured vertical fins. Maybe they should kiss and make up.Paul Zara, London
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Ian Martin
At Tyburn Hill, capital punishment will be brought into the 21st century via a live feed from Texas
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Higher purpose
Has anyone noticed how architects are convinced that God is in the details, while the rest of the population insists that it is the Devil who’s in the details. I am wondering what that says about architects?William Dawson, London
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Its good to talk
The normal practice when dealing with a planning application is for the planning officer to phone the architect if they have a problem with a part of the design.