All Letters to the editor articles – Page 29
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OpinionSecond thoughts
By the time I read your front-page story (“End of the architect?” February 25), my Tweet-pal @emberson had already pointed out that “reports of the death of architecture have been greatly exaggerated; repeatedly”
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OpinionLearning from school history
Your leader (“The only certainty is change”, February 25) makes depressing reading for architects.
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Interest free?
It is notable that the politicians who are willing to hand over school design to corporations with no knowledge or experience of design for the educational field were themselves all educated in the wonderful environments of bespoke historic buildings.
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OpinionLibyan dispute
I am sure we all agree with Fran Tonkiss (Opinion February 25 ) about the many dangers of working with and for dictators.
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Sit up and listen
The president of the Institute of Acoustics, Trevor Cox, has quite rightly censured communities minister Andrew Stunell (News February 18) following his announcement of a major review of the building regulations, which include acoustics in schools.
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More with less
It would be interesting to know the cost comparison per sq m covered area between Zaha Hadid’s heavy, over-designed Aquatics Centre, and the elegant cable net structure for Hopkins’ Velodrome (Buildings February 18).
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Heath views
As a supporter of Robert Adam and traditional architecture I am wary of criticising the design of Athlone House (News February 18).
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Cabe must take a broader view
Your excellent editorial (Leader February 18) reflected upon the future of Cabe.
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Brought to book
Thanks, BD, for following up my email drawing attention to the plight of Redcar Library (News February 11).
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Talking shop
Libraries serve a greater good (Leader February 11), but if they don’t make business sense they should be replaced.
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Princely sums
I agree with John McAslan that the Prince of Wales is not a classicist (“Prince in context”, letters, February 11)
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Mind the gap
Sorry to spoil the party, but does Charles Holden’s London Underground Headquarters in Westminster really deserve listing (News January 14)?
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Commons sense
On one hand, the government wants to re-balance the economy, create more UK manufacturing and support British ingenuity.
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OpinionElementary arithmetic
Let’s try obtaining a little perspective, in light of Gove’s utterly crass statement suggesting architects working in the education sector have been creaming it (“Rogers hits back at Gove over school design” News February 11).
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OpinionSend for Rogers
Education secretary Michael Gove is quoted saying: “We won’t be getting Richard Rogers to design your school”
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OpinionPrince in context
The Prince of Wales’s reputation in some quarters as an opinionated supporter of classicist architecture certainly doesn’t reflect his whole view of people and places
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OpinionPrefabs need not be box-like
I read with interest your article “Architects start work on prefab school templates”.