All Letters to the editor articles – Page 76
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Opinion
Flawed space
I want to defend Hackney Council’s planning authority from Marcus Fair’s unprecedented attack.
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OpinionEmpty promise
The seven architects shortlisted for the Birmingham library/theatre project in Centenary Square (News April 4) would be well advised to take the grand promises of the the city council’s leader, Mike Whitby, with a pinch of salt.
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Hackney defence
Marcus Fairs (Opinion April 4) shows a worrying lack of understanding of planning or planning enforcement.
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OpinionA concrete proposal
After attending Rick Mather’s Concrete Elegance talk on his work at Eastbourne at the Building Centre in London, I couldn’t help but feel that the Concrete Centre may be barking up the wrong tree, because events like this are pitched to architects, not contractors — who are arguably the main ...
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Olympic gold
Verdicts from the joint Cabe and Design for London panel on the first five major Olympic projects (News March 28) demonstrate how far the architecture of the 2012 games has come in a year.
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Point the finger
At what stage of the design process for Heathrow Terminal 5 did Rogers Stirk Harbour and its client consider that fingerprinting the travelling public was an acceptable solution to a design problem?
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Fight not flight
A building itself might not be political, but surely organising our cities and public urban spaces is a social act and therefore political.
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The point is to design for users
While I am sure that I’m not the only person to be rubbing my hands in glee at Peter Morrison’s attack on starchitects (News March 28), a cautionary note should perhaps be sounded.
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OpinionArt thought
Just as we are all heading for a recheck of our values, with the credit crunch looming over our clients’ heads, a debate is needed on how worthwhile some of our architecture is.
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Opinion
There’s ethics... and ethics
It’s good to see ethical issues debated in the pages of BD, but there is a danger of over-simplification.
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Opinion
Reckless Erick
What planet is Erick van Egeraat on? The one thing we learn from history is that we don’t, and while Daniel Libeskind’s protest is a small one, I applaud it.
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Opinion
Town downer
As a life-long resident of Barking, I am all too aware that Margaret Hodge doesn’t get into town very much, unless of course there is a camera about for her to beam into.
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Poor on detail
Saul Metzstein (Opinion March 14) rather glides over the change of tenure in Keeling House as a key factor in how this building was “rescued”.
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Correction
An editing error crept into last week’s Debate: 20-40 tonnes of carbon dioxide, not carbon monoxide, are emitted when building a home.
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Conduct of code
Last week’s Debate made me consider what the point of the Code for Sustainable Homes is.
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Charity shopped
Most publications tend to shy away from the subject for fear of incurring the wrath of the Zionist movement/ lobby.
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OpinionIt's all front
The smiling face of Margaret Hodge in last week’s BD was eclipsed by the bulkhead behind her screaming for attention through the Barking fenestration.
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OpinionOur record's a hit
Further to Frank Duffy’s remarks on whether the UK does enough to promote British design (Debate February 15), the British Council doesn’t need to be persuaded about the importance of architecture in promoting the UK abroad.