All Letters to the editor articles – Page 57
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Recession proof
I have recently been given the wonderful new status of RIBA associate member. This enables me to have a name that “better reflects the status of aspiring professionals”, a name that will only be known to myself, as of course to actually use the letters of RIBA I need to ...
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No duplication
There will have been wry smiles at the thought of Cabe the “spendaholic”, retaining the best professionals in the business on £400 a day (Leader May 8)
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Queen of clubs
I note that in her tirade against the RIBA (Practice April 17) that Irena Bauman did not disclose she is a Cabe commissioner, appointed not elected, and I understand paid £9,000 for the privilege
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OpinionCabe enablers cheap at price
In the wake of the onslaught by the Conservative Party on Cabe (News May 8), it is pertinent to reflect on why its enabling programme was developed
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Arb and Europe
Further to your article “UK architect registration rules ‘break European law’” (News May 1), we feel we ought to draw the following errors to your attention
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No protection
Sam Webb makes the case eloquently about protection of function for architects (Letters April 24).
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OpinionRoof is the point
There may be a battle raging over the future of the former Commonwealth Institute building (News May 1), but the only bit worth keeping is the roof.
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OpinionInstitutions need to wise up
I found your article on the issues facing women in architecture at this time (News May 1) a reminder that they and other sectors are ill-served by the approach taken by the profession, which inevitably means their profile in society is not proportionately reflected in such fields — in my ...
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Out of control
It was inevitable that by recycling the well-worn platitudes about Prince Charles (Letters April 17), Charles Thomson would demonstrate the superficiality of his republican, left-wing credentials.
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Changing rules
In the 1970s, the RIBA adopted a single class of membership with the suffix RIBA. Fellows and associates were allowed to use their previous designations and the suffixes FRIBA and ARIBA
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Designer bully
The Prince of Wales is not championing public involvement in the planning process of Chelsea Barracks, just his own architectural prejudices (News, April 24).
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A spying shame
In these uncertain times, your readers may wish to contemplate this position for a chief enterprise architect for MI6, advertised in last weekend’s Sunday Times.
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OpinionIn response to the RIBA rant
In her eagerness to rant about the RIBA, Irena Bauman did two great disservices (Practice April 17).
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OpinionPrince of wails
As an advocate of traditionalist architecture, Prince Charles has independently commissioned his own designs for the site at Chelsea Barracks.
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The price is right
Your announcement (Leader April 17) that BD is to become a paid-for title evoked melancholy feelings.
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Heir unapparent
A good deal of the correspondence written in support of Prince Charles’s involvement in Chelsea Barracks avoids the obvious question — how would his involvement be managed?
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Sinking feeling
I recall my father talking of the holiday camp at Skegness (Archive April 24), where he trained as a wireless operator during World War II, the place having been taken over by the navy and renamed HMS Royal Arthur.
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Hang democracy
The calls from the Prince of Wales and the Traditional Architecture Group for more democracy in the planning system are nothing more than cynical opportunism.
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Correction: Woodberry Down estate
Last week’s front page lead story said that London’s Woodberry Down estate was being redeveloped by architects including Shepheard Epstein Hunter, Ian Ritchie and Wilkinson Eyre.
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Prince of peeves
Whatever the rather hysterical Charles Thompson (Letters April 17) may think of the Prince of Wales, the fact is that he speaks out for many people who are less than enchanted by so much of the output of some — not all — British architects in recent years