All Letters to the editor articles – Page 10
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OpinionChallenge long hours culture
Sorry, I think Matthew Turner’s answer to “Can I cut down on my time at work?” is extremely unhelpful ( Dear Matthew January 18 ).
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OpinionPreston needs the bus station
As a Prestoner, born and bred, and with my father presiding over the previous application to redevelop the city centre (director of planning), which involved the building’s demolition, I can safely say I am against the demolition of Preston bus station ( Debate December 14, 2012 ).
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OpinionGlad that Brooks means business
It’s great to see a successful woman architect profiled in the press ( “Alison Brooks: The architect in residence” Profile January 18 ).
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OpinionCities are better without plans
Masterplanning, as we have come to know it, is out of fashion ( News January 18 ).
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OpinionSoftware prices are unaffordable
The pricing of software is quite ridiculous ( News January 11 ).
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OpinionDon't overlook inclusive design
At the close of 2012, BD reported on two major public realm projects in London — the South Bank “missing link” and Crossrail street level improvement schemes (News December 21).
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OpinionWinner held best promise for Iraq
The competition to design a new parliament complex in Iraq ( News January 11 ) was run by the Iraqi Council of Representatives (ICOR) which asked the RIBA to organise a jury panel to judge the entries after they had been received.
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OpinionIt had to be Hugh (but it wasn't)
Thank you for featuring my interview in Life Class ( BD December 21 ).
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OpinionHamburg hall is a costly calamity
The earlier projected image of Herzog de Meuron’s concert hall (“ Elbphilharmonie costs rocket again”, bdonline January 4 ) is that of an iceberg being carried on a gigantic brick plinth, and is quite compelling.
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OpinionArchitecture? It’s just a cowshed like any udder
What Stephen Taylor’s cowshed ( Buildings December 21 ) actually looks like is an off-the-shelf standard barn chosen out of a catalogue, to which the architect has stuck on an extra bit made of concrete, with round arches.
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OpinionThe WA100: size isn't everything
Are we being invited to admire the architecture illustrated in BD’s WA100 supplement , or to marvel at the sheer size of the outfits that spawned it?
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OpinionColquhoun’s rigour is missed
As a student I enjoyed reading Alan Colquhoun’s rigorous essays (“ Alan Colquhoun dies aged 91 ”, bdonline December 14), mainly via the Oppositions series.
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OpinionUse bus station as Preston hub
This is crazy! Preston Bus Station needs to be saved ( News December 14 ).
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OpinionNiemeyer's lost Oxford scheme
In the summer of 1973 I started working as an architectural assistant with Dominic Michaelis Associates.
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OpinionShell Centre site deserves better
I hold no brief for the Shell Centre. That lugubrious 28-storey tower has dominated the South Bank for too long. But, oh, the sheer banality of the proposals illustrated! ( News December 14 ).
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OpinionSennett's wrong about Old Street
I think Richard Sennett’s comments on the Old Street technical institute (News December 14) may be a knee-jerk reaction — it depends on how the building is run.
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OpinionIt’s business as usual at DC Cabe
Your front page story (News December 7) and editorial about the future of Design Council Cabe seemed to be based on some quite serious misunderstandings.
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OpinionAssemble are genuine radicals
What tired assumptions by Thomas Price ( Letters November 23 ). Assemble are pioneering an imaginative mode of collaborative practice.
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OpinionBeauty could be standardised
In defending his plan for hundreds and thousands of new houses, many of them on green countryside, planning minister Nick Boles argues that “the built environment can be more beautiful than nature” ( News 30 November ).
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Opinion‘Zero fees’ working — the discussion continues
During 35 years of running my solo practice, I was always very busy during that wonderful period of mandatory minimum fees for housing that was accepted by government and all the public housing agents.