All Letters to the editor articles – Page 45
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OpinionMaking the best of what there is
As those who don’t get past the headlines (News January 29) could be forgiven for believing that I’m about to recommend a town centre scrappage scheme, perhaps I could make clear that my view is virtually the opposite
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OpinionSitting pretty
Just in case anyone is struggling to make sense of my image (Zumtobel photo competition January 29), as I was, if page 21 is turned through 90 degrees...
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Post-war journey
Jonathan Glancey’s comment “it would be fascinating to know just how many architects have made their way up from two-up, two- down terraces, council estates, overspill towns and secondary modern schools” (January 22) caused me to reflect on my own experience and those of many of my friends and colleagues
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Equitable society
Jonathan Glancey asks to hear from architects who made it from the bottom rung. Before the war my father was a milkman. After it he was a bus conductor. We lived in Tottenham
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London calling
Paul Nicholson (Letters January 22) levels criticism at the entrant criteria of our competition Forgotten Spaces with Design for London and Qatari Diar
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Up and around
At the age of 12, I first became aware of buildings. I took to looking at their outward appearance, wondered how they came to be built and how they were used
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Correction: January 29 2010
The practice set up by former directors of John Clark Associates — which designed Huddersfield’s HD One scheme (News January 29) — is WBG Design, not WCB Design as reported.
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OpinionRude welcome
Judging only from the photographs of Christ’s College secondary school (Works January 22) it does seem, to my eye, and maybe to the eye of a child, to be oppressively unwelcoming and cheerless from the outside. Pity
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OpinionSave our post-war schools
While it’s great to see a large batch of Victorian and Edwardian schools listed (News January 22), it’s the later, 20th century, and especially post-war, schools that we are most likely to lose
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False economy
Ken Livingstone (Opinion January 15) advocates imposing higher standards on all new developments “as this will lead to a downward pressure on land prices”
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Clarification
After last week’s news story about the east London mosque, Newham Council has asked us to make it clear that, while a compulsory purchase order is an option, it is not one they are actively considering.
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Flat broke
Cole Thompson Anders (Letters January 22) is to be praised for achieving an excellent result based upon Building for Life (BFL) criteria
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Brighton knocks
Your articles last week on demolition versus preservation of Victorian schools was reflected in the Brighton Society’s experience of trying to preserve distinguished school buildings in Brighton and Hove
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OpinionUniversities did not overspend
University spending has not been luxurious and cutting expenditure will have serious long-term implications for the sector (Leader January 15)
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Living proof
Ron Barnes (Letters January 8) makes various comments on Cabe’s Building for Life criteria, and then denounces both schemes in your cover story about the Kickstart programme (News December 18) as being unacceptable, judging them, it seems, on the basis of one photograph each
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New schools first
The Building Schools for the Future programme has always been committed to the refurbishment of existing school buildings or other suitable premises where appropriate (News January 15) — and there are numerous examples so far, such as Elm Court School in Lambeth, which have given a new life into historic ...
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OpinionWasted energy
While I remain unconvinced that the relatively small amounts of man-made CO2 contribute significantly to climate change, (a belief which seems to me to rely overmuch on weak maths, poor science and too much religion), I have always been in favour of conserving energy and resources