All Letters to the editor articles – Page 65
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OpinionWorld goes on
I did my part I year out in Eric Lyons’ office at the time World’s End was completing on site (BD Magazine November). Following the closure of Span, his studio was little more than one man and his dog. I was the dog.
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Ethical conflict
I suggest that the architects of last week’s featured Museum of Conflict in Libya contact your ethical agony aunt, Irena Bauman.
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Round in circles
So local authorities are to have the power to turn down planning applications on the basis of poor design. In other words, planning officers and lay committees will decide what good design is.
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Don’t stop at CDM
I couldn’t agree more with Paul Morrell that we should dump the CDM regs (Opinion November 21). But I would go much further and dump the Health & Safety Executive as well.
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Not so public
Your leader (October 24) suggests that the competition to choose an architect for Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier (not Palace Pier) was judged by the general public.
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Do what, Prasad?
It was with great interest that I opened BD last week, especially as it promised “vital advice on how to stay afloat” and “[the] president’s way out of the recession”... timely advice indeed — or so I thought!
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OpinionRIBA is here for you, with a plan
Thank you for reporting my proposal that a national programme of energy upgrade of the existing housing stock would be a highly effective way to invest public money to mitigate the effects of the recession (News November 14). How strange then, to mislead your readers by suggesting this constitutes the ...
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Two extremes
Two excellent articles (Opinion and Works, November 7) threw into stark relief both the quality and paucity of contemporary architectural projects.
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Knuckle down
Last week’s advice on how to survive another recession left me wondering if the authors actually experienced the true depth of the recession in the early nineties.
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Renovate rebate
I would like to correct Ivor Hall’s comments on council tax rebates during renovation of empty properties (Letters October 31).
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Centre priorities
The Stephen Lawrence Centre opened in February 2008, on time and on budget, which showed the level of strong management expertise and leadership.
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Better plan
I would like to set straight some points raised in your news story “Berkeley Group chief blasts ‘secretive’ Cabe” (October 31).
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OpinionArchitecture failed in Deptford
Isn’t BD missing the “elephant in the room” in its reporting of the Stephen Lawrence Centre fiasco (November 7)? Namely, a failure of architecture.
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OpinionAcademies rule
Owen Hatherley’s criticism that the academy schools programme is meretricious misses the point (Opinion October 31).
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Taxing question
During your Robin Hood Gardens campaign, the concept of listing was given undue importance.
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Poor planning
The government’s target-driven attempt to force planning authorities to determine most applications within the statutory eight weeks has clearly failed. Hard-pressed officers have developed a range of tactics to delay applications for as long as possible.
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How to win trust
Like Charlie Bunce (Debate October 31), I too was involved in the Castleford project, persuading poorly paid architects to take part and liaising with the community to help select preferred design partners.