All Protection of function articles – Page 4

  • Opinion

    Protection, please

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    Small and medium-sized local practices are inevitably in competition with unqualified and often uninsured “architectural consultants” because of the size and nature of much of their work.

  • Opinion

    Standards, not title, matter

    2009-03-06T00:00:00Z

    The debate over protection of title (Debate February 27) re-ignites every time the industry goes into recession and we architects start to feel the pinch of competition from each other and those we like to call “unqualified”.

  • Close Encounter by David Worthington is part of the Jerwood Sculpture shortlist exhibition.
    Review

    BD's guide to your cultural week: March 2 to 8

    2009-02-27T17:40:00Z

    Hang out in Le Corbusier’s Cabanon, reconstructed at the Riba; spend an imaginary day or two in the architect’s life at the Barbican; listen to a lecture in Leeds; or put the Horlicks on for an architectural edition of Night Waves.

  • Opinion

    Qualified success

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Protection of the title of architect is ineffective without protection of the role. Individuals cannot use the title without being registered with Arb, but can carry out any services they like without qualifications. It is futile to protect the title without protecting the role.

  • Opinion

    Why we belong

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Protection of title was discussed at length many years ago and the issue upheld as important for the general public as well as architects

  • Opinion

    Good for Arb

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Sorry, I don’t agree with your otherwise excellent editor on protection of title

  • Shanghai Expo 2010 pavilion by non-architect Thomas Heatherwick
    Opinion

    Should protection of the title 'architect' be abolished?

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Arb Reform Group's George Oldham and former RIBA president Owen Luder weigh into the debate

  • The Lighthouse's Swiss season with industrial designer Adrien Rovero
    Review

    BD's guide to your cultural week: February 25 to March 1

    2009-02-23T10:02:00Z

    From the RIBA gold medal lecture to Swiss designers at the Lighthouse, BD's deputy editor Liz Bury rounds-up the best cultural events coming up this week.

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    Title cannot be protected

    2009-02-20T00:00:00Z

    Arb’s trawl through the Yellow Pages to track down title abusers is a waste of money

  • Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture opens at the Barbican Art Gallery on Thursday
    Review

    BD’s guide to your cultural week: February 16 to 22

    2009-02-16T09:00:00Z

    From Erno Goldfinger to Richard Hammond, BD's deputy editor Liz Bury rounds-up the best cultural events coming up this week.

  • Opinion

    Title needs

    2007-09-21T00:00:00Z

    Your correspondent (Practice September 7) asks if protection of title rather than function makes sense. The plain answer is no, despite Richard Brindley’s half-hearted attempt to defend the status quo.

  • Opinion

    Mutual support

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Ten years ago architects showed how much they valued registration and protection of title. After an epic struggle they persuaded Parliament that protection of title should be retained and the interests of consumers protected with the formation of Arb.