All Letters to the editor articles – Page 39
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Opinion
Technical terms
Architectural “draughtsmen” did not get together to form their own organisation (Letters May 28)
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OpinionPricey principles
Your report on Tooley & Foster’s “zero carbon”housing in Basildon (News June 4) made my eyebrows shoot upwards so far that Nasa is thinking of using them as replacement shuttles to the International Space Station
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Upwardly mobile
Regulation-free or child-free zone? Please, have some respect for the kids of today (Letters May 21).
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OpinionLet’s nurture nature
I know architects are supposed to prize architecture above all, but some of us are concerned about agriculture too; concerned enough not to condone a glib formalistic view of how crops should be raised and animals husbanded
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Less than zero
BD June 4: zero-carbon 28 unit affordable housing at Basildon, £5.7 million pound development (News)
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OpinionGrand designs
David Nixon’s piece on the International Space Station (Works June 4) was just brilliant. Great pictures and layout
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Opinion
Correction: 11 June 2010
Contrary to our story on page 2 last week, there is no current threat of redundancies at Nightingale Associates following its sale to Canadian firm, IBI Group. BD would like to apologise for the error.
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Riverside views
I was alarmed to read (News May 28), that Guy’s Hospital tower, which has for decades been a powerful south London landmark, had moved along the river to the St Thomas’ Hospital site. However, when I looked for it today “opposite the Houses of Parliament”, strangely it had disappeared. Please ...
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OpinionRevisit the reshuffle
Ed Vaizey and John Penrose are ministers under the secretary of state at the Department for Culture Media & Sport
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Play by the rules
I can confirm that I asked on more than one occasion for some personal intervention by two presidents and the current CEO to speak to Azar Djamali to at least hear her side of the story
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London matters
I must correct a number of factual inaccuracies referred to by Azar Djamali (Letters May 28)
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Interesting times
We learn from Peter Phillips (Letters May 28) that unelected officers sit on several boards with full voting rights
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Fantasy world
Peter Phillips (Letters May 28) was not on council when I presented new board proposals and he evidently misunderstands its role
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OpinionWhy I resigned as London chair
As the former chairman of London Region, I wish to make clear the circumstances that lead to my resignation on April 29 this year
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Opinion
Time to move on
While it is difficult to commend the lack of masterplanning of Surrey Quays in the 1980s, I find Owen Hatherley’s political rant about the Conservatives (Opinion May 21) a reactionary jab following, presumably, an election result that he finds difficult to stomach
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Members only
Owen Luder says it appears RIBA staff have been taking sides in a dispute between elected officers
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No pain, no gain
Many years ago, architectural draughtsmen – who were doing the architect’s work for him, and felt they were in fact propping him up on the technical side – got the hump.
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Correction
In our report on the RIBA Awards (News May 21), Walter Hall Primary School should have been credited to Architecture MK, Milton Keynes Council.