All Letters to the editor articles – Page 78
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Opinion
Battery housing
Can you have housing schemes with high densities which improve the viability of public transport?
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OpinionArchitects love totalitarians
At last a top architect has taken an “ethical stance” about working in China and other countries where democracy and human rights are violated (News February 15).
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Scrub up nicely
Dobson’s Newcastle Central, Brunel’s Paddington, not to mention York, Darlington, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, London’s Waterloo, Liverpool Street & Victoria, Brighton, Bristol Temple Meads, Glasgow Queen Street, the threatened shed at London Bridge — I could go on — all capture the drama of arrival and power of the ...
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Meet the Fokkers
Like Terry Farrell, I too have a Fokker DR1 model hanging over my desk in the office (Culture February 15).
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Flaws in strategy
The whole New Street project is fundamentally flawed because it only addresses passenger congestion at the station.
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OpinionFit only for malls
Jonathan Glancey’s comments on the glut of recent figurative monuments (February 15) are timely. London, in particular, is being littered with third-rate “public art”.
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Universal ethics
Now that the debate on ethics has opened up (News February 15), we wish to commend those architects whose courageous stand on such an issue has been expressed in your paper.
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Pops at China
Daniel Libeskind’s call for architects to take an “ethical stance” places him firmly with the oh-so-ethical Hollywood set, where having a pop at China seems to have become highly fashionable.
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OpinionYou can’t simply wave a wand
It is clear Network Rail bosses know nothing about the procurement of architecture (Stars compete to bring ‘magic’ to New Street station, News February 15), while the RIBA should be ashamed of itself for supporting this competition.
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Squaring up
It is a pity that Richard Rogers found it necessary to intervene (News February 8) in the selection of the team to carry out the preliminary ideas for the part-pedestrianisation of Parliament Square.
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Pound stretcher
So the expenses of Arb board members have reached £94,000 a year (News February 8) — so what?
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Disengaged
With reference to Rick Mather’s quote (News February 8), the next time I admire the view from my window or take the dogs for a walk, I must remind myself that what I’m really doing is “engaging with the landscape”.
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OpinionEthics covers more than Israel
You publish two revealing letters (February 8) on the subject of ethics.
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Corrections
In last week’s First Look project, we misspelt the name of the practice Inglis Badrashi Loddo Architects.
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Cold comfort
The detailing around the windows on O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Killiney house (Works February 8) shows appalling attention to cold bridging.
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OpinionAltered’s fate
I enjoyed the review of Fred Scott’s book On Altering Architecture (Culture February 8).
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...or worse
Oh dear! What on earth has happened to the Aquatics Centre? In 2006, it became a giant panty liner.
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Planning fright
As long time chairman of a district council planning committee, I see the proposal for councillors to determine planning appeals for small developments (News January 18) as absurd.
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Market forces
You report that KPF’s scheme to demolish the western end of Smithfield General Market has won support from Chetwood, Aedas and ORMS (News February 1).