All Letters to the editor articles – Page 61
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Why we belong
Protection of title was discussed at length many years ago and the issue upheld as important for the general public as well as architects
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OpinionArchitects must protect title
Members of the public have little concept of what an architect actually is and generally refer to non-architects as architects, often believing they have employed an architect
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Good for Arb
Sorry, I don’t agree with your otherwise excellent editor on protection of title
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Victoria vitriol
I must comment on your news story: “KPF given go-ahead for Victoria scheme” (News February 13).
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The small stuff
My point in Debate (February 13) was that there is a lack of attention paid not to the beautiful gardens, parks and major public spaces of London, but to all the less signature, more ubiquitous public spaces that are, in fact, left over and in-between pieces of urban landscape.
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Fixing our city
Much of what Owen Hatherley (Urban Trawl February 6) says about Southampton is misleading and misinformed.
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Little chance
I have to disagree with your article “Small firms will design 2012 legacy projects” (February 13).
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Kill this cash cow
Sorry to bang on about PFI again, but I was left open-mouthed by the insouciance of Partnership for Schools boss Tim Byles saying that six banks have re-entered PFI lending (News February 13).
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Board matters
The so-called Arb Reform Group would appear to be determined to try to perpetuate the corrosive wrangling of the last 12-plus years, as evidenced by its near full-page advertisement in BD.
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Barking parking
In answer to your questions about the car parking at Barking Riverside (Leader February 13), we are masterplanning phase one (1,500 homes).
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Anti-Arcadia
Sarah Gaventa (Debate February 13) says: “The best public spaces are always those where the community is involved.”
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OpinionDon’t put profit ahead of people
The main problem with Robin Hood Gardens is a local authority which has no sense of how to cherish buildings that house a settled and close-knit community. The vast majority of residents in Robin Hood Gardens do not wish to leave their flats.
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Test of time
Our scheme in Southampton’s French Quarter, mentioned in your feature last week, offers truly mixed uses, mixed tenure and tenure-blind accommodation. It also supports commercial office and retail, sheltered and affordable rented accommodation, shared ownership and outright sale homes — the sale units have all sold faster than other similar ...
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Seeing the light
It’s scary to find out that we have something else to worry about other than the impending worldwide collapse of the architectural profession and its client base — the loss of the 100W incandescent light bulb.
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OpinionMud lark
Jonathan Glancey might like to know that construction using mud and earth (“Building with mud, glorious mud”, February 6) is alive and well in north-east Yorkshire. I am currently restoring buildings of rubble stone bound with mud. These date from the late 17th century, so have stood the test of ...
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OpinionMystery deepens
The mystery man next to Cedric Price (Archive February 6) looks like a young Michael Brawne.
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Courtesy title
It is bad enough having the media routinely ignoring the terms of the Architects’ Registration Act and calling any old plansmith an architect without you doing the same in your story about the Prince of Wales’s “Surfbury” development (News February 6).
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OpinionSea change for Southampton
Southampton is a sad city, as described by Owen Hatherley (Urban Trawl February 6), and I would like to see a similar article on Liverpool.
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100% effort
It is pointless for the RIBA’s Jane Duncan to exhort architects not to work for reduced fees (Debate February 6). As in the last recession 15 years ago, the market will decide what fees we shall be able to charge. Indeed, I understand that Tesco has already cut the fees ...
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Sorry for rubbish
In response to letters last week about my “rubbish” remark, I sincerely apologise for any offence this caused — my quotation was taken out of context.