All Letters to the editor articles – Page 12
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OpinionDC Cabe's prices reflect market
On the grounds that it is better to be talked about than not, Design Council Cabe is delighted that BD is airing so many opinions about what we are up to.
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OpinionArb's problem is protecting title
Imagine if the Ordine degli Architetti told Domus that it cannot refer to Norman Foster as an architect.
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OpinionArchitects must defend schools
I cannot agree with your suggestion that architects collaborate with the assault on school space standards ( Leader October 5 ).
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OpinionArb proves it is unfit for purpose
Years ago, I was a member of Arb when it was a credible and constructive registration board.
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OpinionCriticism needs no carbuncles
Given the interest in BD’s 2012 Carbuncle Cup announcement (BD September 14) I thought to add a few sentences.
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OpinionArchitects must ask questions
Of course David Chipperfield is right (“ Architects blamed for decline in public trust ”, News, September 28).
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OpinionDC Cabe needs to regain its focus
Design Council Cabe might have a touch of amnesia (“ Should Cabe stay with the Design Council? ” Debate September 21.)
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OpinionAdjaye’s still active in Britain
I was surprised to read that I have supposedly “ given up chasing UK work ” (News September 21).
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OpinionDon’t let Foster’s secret out…
I’m amused that Boots should be so intrigued by Foster’s “top secret” Apple scheme (Boots September 21) .
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OpinionAirport could be north, not east
Why should a new airport necessarily be east of London? (News September 21).
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OpinionDesign power to the people
Daniel Libeskind’s call for people to be more involved in shaping cities — not just the programme, but also the actual spaces — is well timed (“ Libeskind calls for greater public involvement in architecture ” bdonline September 24).
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OpinionWe must protect London’s views
There’s a very tall residential tower going up by Vauxhall Station right now — St George Wharf Tower.
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OpinionProcurement is key to quality
Tremendous to hear Ed Vaizey support architecture and, in particular, the role that the government can play in promoting quality in our environment, as an essential component of today’s world as much of the future (“ Vaizey to champion architecture ” News September 21).
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OpinionCutty Sark design sinks to bottom
Last week’s announcement that the 2012 Carbuncle Cup had been awarded to the restoration of the Cutty Sark generated an unprecedentedly large response. Here we present some of the dramatically opposing views that were posted online — Ed
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OpinionLondon Met crisis is shortsighted
The London Metropolitan visa crisis has all the hallmarks of a classic Home Office knee-jerk reaction — remember that UK Border Agency is an agency of the Home Office (News September 7).
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OpinionHamburg concert hall a disaster
The scheme for the Hamburg Elbphilharmonie is breathtaking in its bombastic and overweighted ugliness (News September 7) — is this what Herzog & de Meuron has come to?
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OpinionCameron's lost the planning plot
The proposals to change the planning system are absurd and ludicrous — just like the NPPF. (“Cameron announces further shake-up of planning” bdonline September 6).
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OpinionSchools need to be reformed
Perhaps Tom Jefferies, Manchester’s head of school, should spend some time out here with practices and understand the economic realities of practice before suggesting that salaries should increase to recompense students for the astronomical debt levels they incur while studying at his institution (News August 24).
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OpinionEnding quotas is the road to ruin
In your report on the call to scrap affordable housing quotas (bdonline August 23) Grant Shapps asks: “Why is it in this country we don’t build homes specifically for rent, unlike almost everywhere else in the world?… We have buy-to-let but not build-to-let.”
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OpinionPrix has a point about biennale
Wolf Prix makes a decent argument (News August 31). Although the topics he raises — such as US housing collapse — are overtly political and of the day, they’re of concern to everyone and not architecture particularly.