All Letters to the editor articles – Page 52
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Opinion
Carbuncle bungle
There can be no argument that contemporary architecture in Aberdeen — one of the UK’s wealthiest cities — is irredeemably awful
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Big guns out
Your leader and Peter Murray’s letter on Chelsea Barracks (August 14) have their facts wrong. Many of the facts can be found in our letter of July 17
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Words of wisdom
In Arb’s recent eBulletin we are told that according to its new code, which has been two years in the making, architects should do the following
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OpinionTrinity's team
Boots (August 14) attributes the design of Trinity Square (the Get Carter car park) solely to Rodney Gordon. That is incorrect.
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Opinion
Stirling rethink
I agree with Will Alsop (Debate July 31): the Stirling Prize should be about building design
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OpinionWork smarter, not harder
I was sorry to read Mario Sua Kay’s letter (August 14) regarding your leader on holidays and of the impact Mario’s workload is having on his health
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OpinionMarket forces
You state that Hopkins’ plans for Greenwich Market are on course to be approved (bdonline August 21). Is Greenwich Council mad?
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Scots exodus
On the face of it Owen Hatherley’s article is quite a damning and thorough critique on Glasgow. But it fails to mention the residential and educational work in the city of Elder & Cannon, the excellent Beatson Institute by Reiach & Hall and the regeneration of the Merchant City
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Cladding failure
In his article on Glasgow (Urban Trawl August 14), Owen Hatherley mentions the Dundasvale Estate and the Glasgow Housing Association policy on demolition and recladding
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Past and present
I am of course sorry that the British Museum has been frustrated in its expansion plans, which may well be badly needed (News July 31)
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OpinionLiverpool views
Liverpool One may not have impressed Hans van der Heijden (Boots July 31) but, unlike his work for a puerile housing scheme in Birkenhead and indeed the immensely disappointing Bluecoat Chambers scheme, the “masterplan” is very popular here in Liverpool
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Working holiday
I loved the little bit in your leader (July 24) advising architects to resolve the company’s problems before going on holiday
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Glut of standards
The main problem with the size of new homes (bdonline June 11) is the range of standards being applied
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Data processing
Your article on the number of black teachers in architecture schools (News July 31) presents a misleading picture of diversity in architecture as both a career and an academic discipline
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OpinionRogers failed to put the case
In his letter on Chelsea Barracks (July 17) Richard Rogers says: “There has been a steady flow of misinformation about Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ approach to the design”
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OpinionTrue vision
David Nixon’s article (News Analysis July 17) is not only well informed and relevant, but inserts a recent and precious vision of the future by Jan Kaplicky
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Opinion
Tipping point
The contrast between BD articles “Adjaye brought to brink of insolvency” and “Gimme shelter” (News & Works July 24) could hardly have illustrated better the tipping point between the old world and the new order at which architecture finds itself